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Quintuple

Quin'tu-ple, a.

adjective

a. [Fr. quintuple, It. & Sp. quintuplo, N. Lat. quintuplus, Lat. quintuplex.]

  1. Multiplied by five; containing five times the amount; fivefold.
  2. (Mus.) Having five crotchets or other notes in a bar; — said of a kind of music now seldom used.
  3. (Bot.) Having the arrangement a multiple of five.

Quin'tu-ple, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. QUINTUPLED; p. pr. & vb. n. QUINTUPLING.] [Fr. quintupler, Sp. quintuplicar, It. quintuplicare.] To make fivefold; to multiply by five.