centuplicate

American

[sen-too-pli-keyt, -tyoo-, sen-too-pli-kit, -keyt, -tyoo-] / sɛnˈtu plɪˌkeɪt, -ˈtyu-, sɛnˈtu plɪ kɪt, -ˌkeɪt, -ˈtyu- /

verb (used with object)

centuplicated, centuplicating

to increase 100 times; centuple.

adjective

a hundredfold.

noun

a number or quantity increased a hundredfold.

centuplicate British

verb

(tr) to increase 100 times

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adjective

increased a hundredfold

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noun

one hundredfold

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Other Word Forms

centuplication

noun

Etymology

Origin of centuplicate

1825–35; < Latin centuplic- (stem of centuplex ) hundredfold, equivalent to centu ( m ) 100 + plic- (stem of plicāre to fold) + -ate ¹

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