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sextuplicate

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sex⋅tu⋅pli⋅cate

  [n., adj. seks-too-pli-kit, -tyoo-, -tuhp-li-; v. seks-too-pli-keyt, -tyoo-, -tuhp-li-] noun, adjective, verb, -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing.
–noun
1. a group, series, or set of six identical copies: The application is to be submitted in sextuplicate.
–adjective
2. having or consisting of six identical parts; sixfold.
3. sixth.
–verb (used with object)
4. to make six copies of.
5. to make six times as great.
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Origin:
1650–60; sextu(ple) + -plicate, as in duplicate
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sex·tu·pli·cate   (sěk-stōō'plĭ-kĭt, -styōō'-, -stŭp'lĭ-)   
adj.  Six times as many or as much.
tr.v.   (-kāt') sex·tu·pli·cat·ed, sex·tu·pli·cat·ing, sex·tu·pli·cates

  1. To make six times as great; multiply by six.

  2. To make six copies of.

n.  

  1. One of six similar things.

  2. A set of six identical copies.


[sextu(ple) + (du)plicate.]
sex·tu'pli·cate·ly adv., sex·tu'pli·ca'tion n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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