/seks tooh"peuhl, -tyooh"-, -tup"euhl, seks"too peuhl, -tyoo-/ , adj., v., sextupled, sextupling .
adj.
1. consisting of six parts; sexpartite.
2. six times as great or as many.
3. Music. characterized by six beats or pulses to the measure: sextuple rhythm.
v.t. , v.i.
4. to make or become six times as great.
[ 1620-30; sext ( us ) SIXTH + -uple, as in DUPLE, QUADRUPLE ]