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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Il y avait dans ces �loges, dans ces encouragements donn�s avec entra�nement, mais avec tact, je ne sais quel souffle de vie pour l'intelligence, qui l'activait et qui lui faisait rendre au centuple les dons qu'elle avait re�us du ciel.
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Kvarobligante sepdek kvin vi ricevas la centoblon de tri = By quadrupling 75 you get the centuple of 3.
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Cent = hundred, centoblo = a centuple.
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I knew that thou wilt give him the centuple, and therefore thought only how I could reach thee the soonest.
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Tout ce que la centralisation laisse entrevoir de défauts, de ridicules et absurdités, d'oppression, de paperasseries en France, est grossi en Afrique au centuple.
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