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Since that time the tunnel had been lined with guards at regular intervals, and when Commodus passed through his mysterious "double" was obliged to walk in front of him surrounded by enough attendants to make any one not in the secret believe the double was the emperor himself No man in the known world was less incapable than Commodus of self- defense against an armed man.

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  1. adjective Twice as much in size, strength, number, or amount: a double dose.
  2. adjective Composed of two like parts: double doors.
  3. adjective Composed of two unlike parts; dual: a double meaning; a double role for an actor.
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  • She had taken it well, though in psychiatry a belief in a double is the kind of thing that turns up in schizoids facing death No. —  F ;SF; - vol 092 issue 04 - April 1997
  • Appel scored 25 points and had 11 rebounds for her third consecutive double-double, and 14th overall as the second-ranked Cardinal defeated Ohio State, 84-66, in the Berkeley Regional semifinal contest at Haas Pavilion late Saturday night.
  • You count on him for a double-double, he's going to make his free throws. —  Sportsnet.ca - Sports News
  • Adrien is usually good for a double-double, and Stanley Robinson can give UConn points, rebounds, assists, even a block or two.
  • Millsap also had five assists to go with his latest double-double, the most by a Utah player since John Stockton had 18 in a row in 1992.
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single ·  small ·  additional ·  triple

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double:   doubles ·  doubled ·  doubling
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin duplus; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also dubble, dobble; from Middle English double, doble, dubble, duble = D. dubbel, a., double, dobbel, n., gambling, = Low German dubbel, dobbel = German doppel, doppelt, adjective, = Danish dobbelt, adjective, double, dobbel, n., gambling, = Swedish dubbel, adjective, double, from Old French double, doble, duble, French double = Provencal doble = Spanish doblo, now usually doble = Portuguese dobro = Italian doppio (also Spanish Portuguese Italian duplo, English duple), from Latin duplus, double, from duo, = English two, + -plus, akin to plenus, full, and to English full: see full.
  2. from double, adjective
  3. Early modern English also dubble; from Middle English doublen, doblen, dublen, dubblen, from Old French doubler, dobler, French doubler = Provencal Spanish doblar = Portuguese dobrar = Italian doppiare (cf. Dutch dubbelen, ver-dubbelen = German doppeln, ver-doppeln = Danish for-doble = Swedish för-dubbla, double, = Middle Low German dobbelen, dubbelen =Danish doble = Swedish dobbla, gamble, play, with dice), from Middle Latin duplare, double, from Latin duplus, double: see double, adjective
 

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