quadruplicate

American  

[kwo-droo-pli-kit, kwo-droo-pli-keyt] / kwɒˈdru plɪ kɪt, kwɒˈdru plɪˌkeɪt /

noun

1. one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.

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adjective

1. consisting of four identical parts.

2. pertaining to a fourth item or copy of something.

verb (used with object)

quadruplicated, quadruplicating

1. to produce or copy in quadruplicate.

2. to make four times as great.

idioms

1. in quadruplicate, in four identical copies.

quadruplicate British  

adjective

1. fourfold or quadruple

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verb

1. to multiply or be multiplied by four

noun

1. a group or set of four things

Other Word Forms

• quadruplication
  noun
• quadruplicature
  noun

Etymology

Origin of quadruplicate

1650–60; < Latin quadruplicātus (past participle of quadruplicāre ), equivalent to quadruplic- (stem of quadruplex quadruplex ) + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

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quadruplicate quadruplicated quadruplicating

The measure calls for the end of a paper permitting system that used quadruplicate documents to register applicants.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2022

At the Geffen, Aitken projects it in quadruplicate on four industrial-strength, double-sided billboards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2016

There”—and I held towards him the fourth quadruplicate.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2015

And there indeed it sat, lit a week earlier by the rays of the sun at ancient Olympia but now, in quadruplicate, occupying two seats in the front row of the passenger cabin of BA2012.

From The Guardian ● May 18, 2012

At 15.00 was in another building, watching another Corporal make out an indent in quadruplicate for gloves, woollen, knitted, officers, for the use of, pairs one.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 12, 1919 by Various

Any dream that could get at you through the circumvallation of glass, brocade, cotton and feathers could be no better than a quadruplicated house-breaker, compounded out of desperate villainies.

From Journeys to Bagdad by Brooks, Charles S. (Charles Stephen)

With this device it is estimated that the population of our snug island can be quadruplicated, and that landlords can double their rents with untroubled conscience.

From Hints to Pilgrims by Brooks, Charles Stephen

"Otherwise, my dear, we are in danger of duplicating and triplicating and quadruplicating, not at all to the satisfaction of the bride."

From The Egoist by Meredith, George