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From Middle English quadruple, from Latin quadruplus. Can be analyzed as quadri- +‎ -ple.

You can also use quadruple to mean "four times as many," as when you order a quadruple-shot latte, with four shots of espresso. The Latin root word quadruplare, "make fourfold," comes from the suffix quadri-, or "four." Definitions of quadruple. adjective. having four units or components.

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The word "enough" has an interesting etymology. It comes from the Old English word "genōh," which means "sufficient" or "satisfactory." The Old English term "genōh" itself is derived from the Proto-Germanic word "*ganôh," which has similar meanings of sufficiency or satisfaction.

septupled; septupled; septupling. -p(ə)liŋ ; septuples. transitive verb. : to make seven times as much or as many.

Definitions of a hundred times. adverb. by a factor of one hundred. synonyms: hundredfold.

Here's the full sequence: Single, double, triple, quadruple, quintuple, sextuple, septuple, octuple, nontuple, dectuple.

octuple in American English

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

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Displaced native arm, wantsome, Middle English unlede (“poor”) (from Old English unlǣde), Middle English unweli, unwely (“poor, unwealthy”) (from Old English un- + weliġ (“well-to-do, prosperous, rich”)).

noun. Definition of paupers. plural of pauper. as in beggars. old-fashioned a very poor person who has no money to pay for food, clothing, etc.

Some common synonyms of enough are adequate, competent, and sufficient.

Quadr- comes from the Latin quattuor, meaning “four.” The Greek equivalent is tetra-, which also appears as tetr-, as in tetrahedron.

quadruple (adj.) "consisting of four parts, fourfold, four times told," 1550s, from French quadruple (13c.), from Latin quadruplus "fourfold," from quadri- "four" (from PIE root *kwetwer- "four") + -plus "-fold" (see -plus). Earlier in English as a noun, "a fourfold amount," early 15c., from Latin quadruplum.

From Middle French quintuple, from Latin quīntuplus, from quīntus (“fifth”) +‎ -plus (“-ple”).

Meaning of quadruple in English. to become four times as big, or to multiply a number or amount by four: The number of students at the college has quadrupled in the last ten years.