centuple
Americanadjective
verb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of centuple
1600–10; < Middle French < Late Latin centuplus, equivalent to Latin centu ( m ) 100 + -plus -fold
Example Sentences
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Every word has a double, treble, or centuple use and meaning.
From Ralph Waldo Emerson by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
I knew that thou wilt give him the centuple, and therefore thought only how I could reach thee the soonest.
From Caucasian Legends by Goulbat, Abraam Abraamovich
Kvarobligante sepdek kvin vi ricevas la centoblon de tri = By quadrupling 75 you get the centuple of 3.
From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by Cox, George
MOR: Why, you do more in this, sir: it were a vengeance centuple, for all facinorous acts that could be named, to do that you do.
From Epicoene: Or, the Silent Woman by Jonson, Ben
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