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  1. adjective Triple: "treble reason for loving as well as working while it is day” (George Eliot).
  2. adjective Music Relating to or having the highest part, voice, or range.
  3. adjective High-pitched; shrill.
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purl ·  soprano ·  shrill ·  baritone ·  raucous ·  stitch ·  bass ·  melodious ·  tuneless ·  tenor ·  throaty ·  staccato

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treble:   trebled
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin triplum, from Latin, neuter of triplus, triple; see triple.

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  1. Early modern English trebble; from Middle English treble, tribill, from Old French treble, treible, triple, from Latin triplus, threefold: see triple, of which treble is a doublet.
  2. Early modern English also trebble; from Middle English *treblen, trybyllen; from treble, adjective
 

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