quadruplicate

American  

[kwo-droo-pli-kit, kwo-droo-pli-keyt] / kwɒˈdru plɪ kɪt, kwɒˈdru plɪˌkeɪt /

noun

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

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adjective

1. consisting of four identical parts.

2. pertaining to a fourth item or copy of something.

verb (used with object)

quadruplicated, quadruplicating

1. to produce or copy in quadruplicate.

2. to make four times as great.

idioms

1. in quadruplicate, in four identical copies.

quadruplicate British  

adjective

1. fourfold or quadruple

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verb

1. to multiply or be multiplied by four

noun

1. a group or set of four things

Other Word Forms

• quadruplication noun
• quadruplicature noun

Etymology

Origin of quadruplicate

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