Decuple

//dɛˈkjʊp(ə)l// adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An amount multiplied by ten.

    "The gold coin of the law of 1818 is of four denominations; the decuple of 30 ducats, the half-decuple, ..."

Verb
  1. 1
    To multiply by ten.

    "They were in communication as they had been, that first morning, in Sarah's salon and in her presence and Mme. de Vionnet's; and the same recognition of a great goodwill was again, after all, possible. Only the amount of response Waymarsh had then taken for granted was doubled, decupled now."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Tenfold. not-comparable

Example

More examples

"The gold coin of the law of 1818 is of four denominations; the decuple of 30 ducats, the half-decuple, ..."

Etymology

From Middle English decuple, from Middle French décuple, from Late Latin decuplus (“tenfold”), from Latin decem (“ten”), and plicō (“fold”).

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