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tre·ble

   [treb-uhl] adjective, noun, verb, -bled, -bling.
adjective
1.
threefold; triple.
2.
Music.
a.
of or pertaining to the highest part in harmonized music; soprano.
b.
of the highest pitch or range, as a voice part, voice, singer, or instrument.
c.
high in pitch; shrill.
noun
3.
Music.
a.
the treble or soprano part.
b.
a treble voice, singer, or instrument.
4.
a high or shrill voice or sound.
5.
the highest-pitched peal of a bell.

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verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
6.
to make or become three times as much or as many; triple.
Origin:
1275–1325; (adj. and noun) Middle English < Middle French < Latin triplus triple; (v.) Middle English treblen, derivative of the adj.

Related forms
tre·bly  [treb-lee] , adverb
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  • The double and even treble skirts are seen chiefly in gossamerlike tissues and gauzes.
  • In its first version the scheme was even grander: its aim was to treble today's transfer.
  • Carrying a lock would probably treble the weight of the bike.
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treble (ˈtrɛbəl)
 
—adj
1.  threefold; triple
2.  of, relating to, or denoting a soprano voice or part or a high-pitched instrument
 
—n
3.  three times the amount, size, etc
4.  a soprano voice or part or a high-pitched instrument
5.  the highest register of a musical instrument
6.  a.  the high-frequency response of an audio amplifier, esp in a record player or tape recorder
 b.  a control knob on such an instrument by means of which the high-frequency gain can be increased or decreased
7.  bell-ringing the lightest and highest bell in a ring
8.  a.  the narrow inner ring on a dartboard
 b.  a hit on this ring
 
—vb
9.  to make or become three times as much
 
[C14: from Old French, from Latin triplus threefold, triple]
 
'trebleness
 
—n
 
'trebly
 
—adv, —adj

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treble
late 14c., "three times, triple," from O.Fr. treble (12c.), from L. triplus (see triple). The verb is recorded from early 14c. The noun meaning "highest part in music, soprano" is attested from early 14c., from O.Fr. treble; in early contrapuntal music, the chief melody was
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in the tenor, and the treble was the "third" part above it (after the alto).
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