I. kwin-ˈtü-pli-kət, -ˈtyü- adjective
Etymology: Medieval Latin quintuplicatus, past participle of quintuplicare to quintuple, from quintuplus quintuple
Date: 1656
1. : consisting of or existing in five corresponding or identical parts or examples
quintuplicate invoices
2. : being the fifth of five things exactly alike
file the quintuplicate copy
II. noun
Date: 1851
1. : one of five things exactly alike ; specifically : one of five identical copies
2. : five copies all alike — used with in
typed in quintuplicate
III. -plə-ˌkāt transitive verb
( -cat·ed ; -cat·ing )
Date: circa 1889
1. : to make quintuple or fivefold
2. : to prepare in quintuplicate