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| sex·tu·pli·cate [ sek stplikət, sek stúpplikət ] |
noun (plural sex·tu·pli·cates) |
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set of six things: a set of six things, especially identical copies
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adjective |
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being six times another: relating to or being a number or quantity that is six times greater than another number or quantity
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verb (past and past participle sex·tu·pli·cat·ed, present participle sex·tu·pli·cat·ing, 3rd person present singular sex·tu·pli·cates) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb multiply by six: to multiply something by six, or be multiplied by six
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2. transitive verb copy something six times: to make six copies of something
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| [Mid-17th century. < medieval Latin sextuplicat-, past participle of sextuplicare "increase sixfold" < sextuplus (see sextuple)] |
