TREBLE

a. adv. n. v.

8 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Threefold; triple. A lofty tower, and strong on every side With treble walls. Dryden.

2.
a.

Acute; sharp; as, a treble sound. Bacon.

3.
a.

Playing or singing the highest part or most acute sounds; playing or singing the treble; as, a treble violin or voice.

4.
adv.

Trebly; triply. [Obs.] J. Fletcher.

5.
n.

The highest of the four principal parts in music; the part usually sung by boys or women; soprano.

6.
v.

To make thrice as much; to make threefold. "Love trebled life." Tennyson.

7.
v.

To utter in a treble key; to whine. [Obs.] He outrageously (When I accused him) trebled his reply. Chapman.

8.
v.

To become threefold. Swift.

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