| 释义 |
† quadruplate, v. Obs. rare.
Also 5 quatriplate.
[f. ppl. stem of L. quadruplāre: see quadruple and -ate3.]
To multiply by four.
1486Bk. St. Albans, Her. E vij, Ther be certan nobull men the wich bere theys tractis triplatit..and sum bere hit quatriplatit. 1571Digges Pantom. i. xi. D iij, Then quadruplate the distance. 1611Cotgr., Quadrupler..to quadruplate, or make foure times as much. 1656in Blount Glossogr.
So † quadruplate ppl. a., quadruple. Obs.
c1470Henryson Orph. & Eur. 228 Thair leirit he tonis..As duplare, triplare, and..the quadruplait. |