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centuple

[ sen-tuh-puhl, -tyuh- ]
/ ˈsɛn tə pəl, -tyə- /
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adjective
a hundred times as great; hundredfold.
verb (used with object), cen·tu·pled, cen·tu·pling.
to increase 100 times.
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Origin of centuple

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

Words nearby centuple

centrosymmetric, centrum, cent sign, cents-off, centum, centuple, centuplicate, centurial, centuried, centurion, century
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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
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