Quadruplicate
/ˌkwɑˈdɹuːplɪkət/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 in quadruplicate: four times over, in four copies
"Four times Cupid's debtor I-- / Bankrupt in quadruplicate."
- 2 any four copies; any of four things that correspond to one another exactly wordnet
Verb
- 1 To replicate four times; to make fourfold; to quadruple.
- 2 reproduce fourfold wordnet
Adjective
- 1 having four parts not-comparable
"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 […]"
- 2 four times over, multiplied by four not-comparable
"[…] Fortune, who delights in making the miner or the lumber-man a quadruplicate millionaire and in "busting" the railroad king."
Adjective
- 1 having four units or components wordnet
Example
More examples"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 […]"
Etymology
From Latin quadruplicatus.