— quadruplication, quadruplicature /kwo drooh"pli keuh cheuhr/ , n.
n. , adj. /kwo drooh"pli kit/ ; v. /kwo drooh"pli kayt'/ , n., adj., v., quadruplicated, quadruplicating .
n.
1. one of four copies or identical items, esp. copies of typewritten material.
2. in quadruplicate , in four identical copies.
adj.
3. consisting of four identical parts.
4. pertaining to a fourth item or copy of something.
v.t.
5. to produce or copy in quadruplicate.
6. to make four times as great.
[ 1650-60; quadruplicatus (ptp. of quadruplicare ), equiv. to quadruplic- (s. of quadruplex QUADRUPLEX) + -atus -ATE 1 ]