centuple

[ sen-tuh-puhl, -tyuh- ]

adjective
  1. a hundred times as great; hundredfold.

verb (used with object),cen·tu·pled, cen·tu·pling.
  1. to increase 100 times.

Origin of centuple

1
1600–10; <Middle French <Late Latin centuplus, equivalent to Latin centu(m) 100 + -plus-fold

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How to use centuple in a sentence

  • I knew that thou wilt give him the centuple, and therefore thought only how I could reach thee the soonest.

    Caucasian Legends | A. Goulbat