| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| decuple |
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| SYLLABICATION: | dec·u·ple |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d k y -pl |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Consisting of ten parts or members. 2. Ten times as much in size, strength, number, or amount. | | NOUN: | A tenfold amount or number. | | INTRANSITIVE & TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: dec·u·pled, dec·u·pling, dec·u·ples
To multiply or be multiplied by ten. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin decuplus : Latin decem, ten; see dek in Appendix I + Latin -plus, -fold; see pel-2 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | de·cuply —ADVERB
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