QUADRUPLE

a. n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Fourfold; as, to make quadruple restitution; a quadruple alliance. Quadruple time (Mus.), that in which each measure is divided into four equal parts.

2.
n.

four times the sum or number; a fourfold amount; as, to receive to quadruple of the amount in damages.

3.
v.

To multiply by four; to increase fourfold; to double; to double twice. A. Smith.

4.
v.

To be multiplied by four; to increase fourfold; to become four times as much.