quadruplicate

English

Etymology

From Latin quadruplicatus.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkwɑˈdɹuːplɪkət/

Adjective

quadruplicate (not comparable)

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 […]

2. 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 (plural quadruplicates)

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.

Verb

quadruplicate (third-person singular simple present quadruplicates, present participle quadruplicating, simple past and past participle quadruplicated)

1. To replicate four times; to make fourfold; to quadruple.

See also

• triplicate
• duplicate

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

quadruplicate

1. inflection of quadruplicare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

quadruplicate f pl

1. feminine plural of quadruplicato

Latin

Verb

quadruplicāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of quadruplicō