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octuple

[ ok-too-puhl, -tyoo-; ok-too-puhl, -tyoo- ]

adjective

  1. eightfold; eight times as great.
  2. having eight effective units or elements.


verb (used with object)

octupled, octupling.
  1. to make eight times as great.

noun

  1. Rowing. a shell rowed by a crew of eight, each rower using a pair of oars.

octuple

/ ˈɒʊə /

noun

  1. a quantity or number eight times as great as another
“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. eight times as much or as many
  2. consisting of eight parts
“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

verb

  1. tr to multiply by eight
“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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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of octuple1

1595–1605; < Latin octuplus, equivalent to octu-, variant (before labials) of dzō- octo- + -plus -fold
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of octuple1

C17: from Latin octuplus, from octo eight + -plus as in duplus double
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“Broken Arrow police investigators have reviewed the medical examiner’s reports in reference to the incident we reported as an octuple murder-suicide,” the police department said in a statement Monday.

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The game began at 2:20 on what clearly would be a good day for Yeshiva to avoid, say, octuple overtime.

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He finished the hole at 10-over par for the tournament after, mercifully, making a nine-foot putt for octuple bogey, which is now a thing.

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For the record, it was an octuple bogey.

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It is now expected to octuple its number of seats in the House of Commons, from six to more than 50.

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