quadruplicate

[ noun adjective kwo-droo-pli-kit; verb kwo-droo-pli-keyt ]

noun

1. one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.

adjective

1. consisting of four identical parts.
2. pertaining to a fourth item or copy of something.

verb (used with object)

, quad·ru·pli·cat·ed, quad·ru·pli·cat·ing.

1. to produce or copy in quadruplicate.
2. to make four times as great.

quadruplicate

adjective

1. fourfold or quadruple

verb

1. to multiply or be multiplied by four

noun

1. a group or set of four things

Derived Forms

• quadˌrupliˈcation, noun

Other Words From

• quad·rupli·cation quad·ru·pli·ca·ture [kwo-, droo, -pli-k, uh, -cher], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of quadruplicate¹

1650–60; < Latin quadruplicātus (past participle of quadruplicāre ), equivalent to quadruplic- (stem of quadruplex quadruplex ) + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of quadruplicate¹

C17: from Latin quadruplicāre to increase fourfold

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. in quadruplicate, in four identical copies.

Example Sentences

I will not repeat what I have said on this subject in my last, a quadruplicate of which is enclosed, as is also a cypher.

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Most common is the "quadruplicate" arrangement, with four sets of laminae of differing depths.

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Army accounting is wholly unlike civilian, books being dispensed with and accounts of all kinds being made in quadruplicate.

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There was the matter of the wedding, which was now to be in quadruplicate.

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We must not, however, fall into his own mistake and quadruplicate to his duply.

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