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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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
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
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.
From Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 by Tocqueville, Alexis de
Every word has a double, treble, or centuple use and meaning.
From Ralph Waldo Emerson by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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