centuplicate
English
Etymology
Latin centuplicare. See centuple.
Verb
centuplicate (third-person singular simple present centuplicates, present participle centuplicating, simple past and past participle centuplicated)
- To make a hundredfold; to repeat or multiply a hundred times.
- 1655, James Howell, “To R. Baker”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC:
- I perform'd the civilities you enjoyn'd me to your frends here, who return you the like centuplicated
References
“centuplicate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Italian
Verb
centuplicate
- inflection of centuplicare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Latin
Spanish
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