/ok"too peuhl, -tyoo-; ok tooh"peuhl, -tyooh"-/ , adj., v., octupled, octupling , n.
adj.
1. eightfold; eight times as great.
2. having eight effective units or elements.
v.t.
3. to make eight times as great.
n.
4. Rowing. a shell rowed by a crew of eight, each rower using a pair of oars.
[ 1595-1605; octuplus, equiv. to octu-, var. (before labials) of octo- OCTO- + -plus -FOLD ]