decuple

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decuple - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Decuple \Dec"u*ple\, a. [F. d['e]cuple, L. decuplus, fr. decem
     ten.]
     Tenfold. [R.]
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  Decuple \Dec"u*ple\, n.
     A number ten times repeated. [R.]
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  Decuple \Dec"u*ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decupled; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Decupling.]
     To make tenfold; to multiply by ten. [R.]
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