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

adjective

1. increased a hundredfold

noun

1. one hundredfold

Derived Forms

• cenˌtupliˈcation, noun

Other Words From

• cen·tupli·cation noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of centuplicate¹

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

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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