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septuplicate

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sep⋅tu⋅pli⋅cate

[n., adj. sep-too-pli-kit, -tyoo-; v. sep-too-pli-keyt, -tyoo-] noun, adjective, verb, -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing.
–noun
1. a group, series, or set of seven identical copies (usually prec. by in).
–adjective
2. having or consisting of seven identical parts; sevenfold.
3. noting the seventh copy or item.
–verb (used with object)
4. to make seven copies of.
5. to make seven times as great, as by multiplying.

Origin:
< ML septuplicātus (ptp. of septuplicāre to multiply by seven), equiv. to LL septu(plus) septuple + -plicātus, as in quadruplicātus; see quadruplicate
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