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septuple

sep·tu·ple [ sèp tp'l, sèp túp'l ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. 7 times as much: seven times as many or as much as something else

2. having 7 parts: consisting of seven parts



transitive and intransitive verb  (past and past participle sep·tu·pled, present participle sep·tu·pling, 3rd person present singular sep·tu·ples)
Definition:
 
increase by 7 times: to multiply something by seven, or become seven times as much or as many ( formal )

[Early 17th century. < late Latin septuplus< Latin septem "seven"]
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