octuple

[ ok-too-puhl, -tyoo-; ok-too-puhl, -tyoo- ]

adjective

1. eightfold; eight times as great.
2. having eight effective units or elements.

verb (used with object)

, oc·tu·pled, oc·tu·pling.

1. to make eight times as great.

noun

1. Rowing. a shell rowed by a crew of eight, each rower using a pair of oars.

octuple

/ ˈɒktjʊpəl /

noun

1. a quantity or number eight times as great as another

adjective

1. eight times as much or as many
2. consisting of eight parts

verb

1. tr to multiply by eight

Word History and Origins

Origin of octuple¹

1595–1605; < Latin octuplus, equivalent to octu-, variant (before labials) of octō- octo- + -plus -fold

Word History and Origins

Origin of octuple¹

C17: from Latin octuplus, from octo eight + -plus as in duplus double

Example Sentences

Tesla, which has finally managed to show something resembling a profit and thus become eligible to join the S&P, has almost octupled in price this year.

From Washington Post

The mind then ascends on the vehicle of the octuple body, and surveys the phenomenal world as a sober reality.

From Project Gutenberg

As the octuple body mixes with the air in the vacuum of the sky, so is the mind also absorbed in it at the same time.

From Project Gutenberg