octuplicate
octuplicate noun: a set of eight like or identical things.
Noun
octuplicate (countable and uncountable, plural octuplicates)
- A set of eight like or identical things.
- It was an understood thing in our squadron that no one was on any account to bring the Baron down, but some of our pilots had come close enough to see his beetling brows and purple cheeks reflected in octuplicate.1942, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Sir Owen Seaman, Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, Punch
- A unit's actual transfer will be brought about through the issuance of a Form S-46, "Transfer Order," which is made up in octuplicate.1952, California Division of Highways, Equipment manual
Verb
octuplicate (third-person singular simple present octuplicates, present participle octuplicating, simple past and past participle octuplicated)
- To make eight copies of something
Forms of octuplicate
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | octuplicates |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | octuplicates |
| present participle | octuplicating |
| past participle | octuplicated |
| past | octuplicated |
Origin of octuplicate
Borrowed from Late Latin octuplicātus, perfect passive participle of octuplicō or formed by blend of octuple + duplicate, either way, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Questions about octuplicate
- What does octuplicate mean?
- Octuplicate means a set of eight like or identical things.
- What part of speech is octuplicate?
- Octuplicate can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of octuplicate?
- The plural of octuplicate is octuplicates.
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