n. , adj. /sep tooh"pli kit, -tyooh"-/ ; v. /sep tooh"pli kayt', -tyooh"-/ , n., adj., v., septuplicated, septuplicating .
n.
1. a group, series, or set of seven identical copies (usually prec. by in ).
adj.
2. having or consisting of seven identical parts; sevenfold.
3. noting the seventh copy or item.
v.t.
4. to make seven copies of.
5. to make seven times as great, as by multiplying.
[ septuplicatus (ptp. of septuplicare to multiply by seven), equiv. to LL septu ( plus ) SEPTUPLE + -plicatus, as in quadruplicatus; see QUADRUPLICATE ]