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centuplicate

[ verb sen-too-pli-keyt, -tyoo-; adjective noun sen-too-pli-kit, -keyt, -tyoo- ]

verb (used with object)

, cen·tu·pli·cat·ed, cen·tu·pli·cat·ing.
  1. to increase 100 times; centuple.


adjective

  1. a hundredfold.

noun

  1. a number or quantity increased a hundredfold.

centuplicate

verb

  1. tr to increase 100 times
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. increased a hundredfold
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. one hundredfold
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • cenˌtupliˈcation, noun
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Other Words From

  • cen·tupli·cation noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of centuplicate1

1825–35; < Latin centuplic- (stem of centuplex ) hundredfold, equivalent to centu ( m ) 100 + plic- (stem of plicāre to fold) + -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of centuplicate1

C17: from Late Latin centuplicāre, from centuplex hundredfold, from Latin centum hundred + -plex -fold
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Example Sentences

Adj. five, quinary†, quintuple; fifth; senary†, sextuple; sixth; seventh; septuple; octuple; eighth; ninefold, ninth; tenfold, decimal, denary†, decuple†, tenth; eleventh; duodenary†, duodenal; twelfth; in one's 'teens, thirteenth. vicesimal†, vigesimal; twentieth; twenty-fourth &c. n.; vicenary†, vicennial†. centuple†, centuplicate†, centennial, centenary, centurial†; secular, hundredth; thousandth, &c.

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