quin|tu|ple

quin|tu|ple
quin|tu|ple «KWIHN tu puhl, -tyu-; kwihn TOO-, -TYOO-», adjective, adverb, noun, verb, -pled, -pling.
–adj.
1. consisting of five parts; fivefold.
2. five times; five times as great.
–adv.
five times; five times as great.
–n.
a number or amount five times as great as another.
–v.t., v.i.
to make or become five times as great or as numerous: »

He had quintupled a fortune already considerable (Henry James). He has in seventeen years of pin-wheeling brilliance quintupled the magazine's circulation (Newsweek).

╂[< French quintuple < Late Latin quīntuplex < Latin quīntus fifth + -plex; see etym. under quaduplex]

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  • ple — ple·iad; ple·i·dae; ple·na·ri·ly; ple·nar·ty; ple·na·ry; ple·ne; ple·ni·lune; ple·nip·o·tence; ple·nip·o·tent; ple·nist; ple·o·chro·ic; ple·och·ro·ism; ple·och·ro·ous; ple·o·cy·to·sis; ple·o·dont; ple·o·mas·tia; ple·o·ma·zia; ple·o·me·tro·sis;… …   English syllables

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