Quadruplicate

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English

Pronunciation

(US) IPA: /ˌkwɑˈdruːplɪkət/

Adjective

quadruplicate

  1. having four parts
    • 1903: H.G. Wells, Mankind in the Making - The small schools might specialize upon the type locally most desirable, the larger might group its triplicate (or quadruplicate) system of sustained and serious courses about a common Library...
  1. four times over, multiplied by four
    • 1891: Rudyard Kipling, American Notes - ... Fortune, who delights in making the miner or the lumber-man a quadruplicate millionaire and in "busting" the railroad king.

Noun

quadruplicate

  1. in quadruplicate: four times over, in four copies
    • c.1886: Rudyard Kipling, "The Lovers' Litany" - Four times Cupid's debtor I-- / Bankrupt in quadruplicate.


Related terms

it:quadruplicate

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