Quadruple
Quadruple , adjective
[Latin quadruplus, from quattuor four: compare French quadruple. See Quadrate, and compare Double.]
Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple alliance.
Collocations (1)
Quadruple time (Music) , that in which each measure is divided into four equal parts.
Quadruple , noun
[Compare French quadruple, Latin quadruplum.]
four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive to quadruple of the amount in damages.
Quadruple , transitive verb
[Latin quadruplare: compare French quadrupler.]
To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice. — A. Smith
Quadruple , intransitive verb
To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become four times as much.