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duplify

duplify verb: to double.

Verb

duplify (third-person singular simple present duplifies, present participle duplifying, simple past and past participle duplified)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To double.
    • If the bees of a triplet lie out, before the uſual time of deprivation, it ſhould be taken and placed at a conſiderable diſtance, and the duplified ſtock raiſed on a nadir hive: […]1796, John Keys, “Of Storifying” (chapter X), in The Antient Bee-Maſter's Farewell; or, Full and Plain Directions for the Management of Bees to the greateſt Advantage, London: […] G. G.; J. Robinson...

Forms of duplify

third-person singular presentduplifies
present participleduplifying
past participleduplified
pastduplified

Origin of duplify

From Latin duplus (“double”) + -ify.

Questions about duplify

What does duplify mean?
Duplify means to double.
What part of speech is duplify?
Duplify is a verb.
What is the past tense of duplify?
The past tense of duplify is duplified.

Words near duplify in the dictionary

  1. duplicons
  2. duplies
  3. duplifix
  4. duplifixation
  5. duplifixes
  6. duplify
  7. Duplin County
  8. duplitecture
  9. duplitectures
  10. duplivincular
  11. duplo-

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