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octuplicate

[noun, adjective ok-too-pli-kit, -keyt, -tyoo-, -tuhp-li-; verb ok-too-pli-keyt, -kit, -tyoo-, -tuhp-li-]
noun
  1. a group, series, or set of eight identical copies (usually preceded by in).
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adjective
  1. having or consisting of eight identical parts; eightfold.
  2. noting the eighth copy or item.
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verb (used with object), oc·tu·pli·cat·ed, oc·tu·pli·cat·ing.
  1. to make eight copies of.
  2. to make eight times as great, as by multiplying.
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Origin of octuplicate

< Latin octuplicātus, equivalent to octupl(us) octuple + plicātus folded (see plicate), on the model of quadruplus, quadruplicātus
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