QUINTUPLICATE

I. adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin quintuplicatus, past participle of quintuplicare to quintuple, from quintuplus quintuple Date: 1656 consisting of or existing in five corresponding or identical parts or examples , being the fifth of five things exactly alike , II. noun Date: 1851 one of five things exactly alike, five copies all alike, III. transitive verb (-cated; -cating) Date: circa 1889 to make quintuple or fivefold, to prepare in ~