octuplicate

[ok-too-pli-kit, -keyt, -tyoo-, -tuhp-li-, ok-too-pli-keyt, -kit, -tyoo-, -tuhp-li-]

noun

1. a group, series, or set of eight identical copies (usually preceded byin ).

adjective

1. having or consisting of eight identical parts; eightfold.

2. noting the eighth copy or item.

verb (used with object)

octuplicated, octuplicating 

1. to make eight copies of.

2. to make eight times as great, as by multiplying.

Word History and Origins

Origin of octuplicate¹

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

Example Sentences

Once a year, the government sends you a W-2 form, which you fill out in something like octuplicate.

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