Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Six times as many or as much.
- transitive verb To make six times as great; multiply by six.
- transitive verb To make six copies of.
- noun One of six similar things.
- noun A set of six identical copies.
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- adjective Six times the number, volume, length, et cetera (of something else).
- adjective Comprising six identical parts.
- noun A series, set, collection, or group of six identical copies of something.
- verb transitive To make six copies of.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[sextu(ple) + (du)plicate.]
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From Latin sextuplicātus, past participle form of sextuplicāre ("to sextuple"), from sextuplus ("sixfold"), from sextus ("sixth") (from sex ("six")) + -plus ("-fold") (from plicare ("to fold")).
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