Quadruplicate

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /ËŒkwɑˈdruːplɪkÉ™t/

Origin

Latin quadruplicatus.

Full definition of quadruplicate

Adjective

1. having four parts
• 1903: H.G. Wells, Mankind in the Making – The small schools might specialize upon the type locally most desirable, the larger might group its triplicate (or quadruplicate) system of sustained and serious courses about a common Library...
2. four times over, multiplied by four
• 1891: Rudyard Kipling, American Notes – ... Fortune, who delights in making the miner or the lumber-man a quadruplicate millionaire and in "busting" the railroad king.

Noun

1. in quadruplicate: four times over, in four copies
• c.1886: Rudyard Kipling, "The Lovers' Litany" – Four times Cupid's debtor I--
  Bankrupt in quadruplicate.

Verb

1. To replicate four times; to make fourfold; to quadruple.