| 单词 |
centuple |
| 释义 |
▪ I. centuple, a.|ˈsɛntjuːp(ə)l|
[a. F. centuple, ad. L. centū̆p-lus, in late use for centuplex, f. centum hundred + plic- fold. Cf. double, treble, quadruple.]
A hundred-fold.
1609B. Jonson Sil. Wom. ii. i, It were a vengeance centuple. 1639Massinger Unnat. Combat. i. i, I wish his strength were centuple. 1674Petty Disc. Royal Soc. 109 Of Centuple value. 1829Carlyle Misc. (1857) II. 10 To more than centuple that sum. 1844Emerson Ess. Ser. ii. i. (1876) 12 The quadruple, or the centuple, or much more manifold meaning, of every sensuous fact.
▪ II. centuple, v.|ˈsɛntjuːp(ə)l|
[a. F. centuple-r, or f. on L. type *centuplāre = centuplicāre on analogy of quadruplāre, f. centupl-us: see prec.]
trans. To multiply or increase a hundredfold. Hence centupled ppl. a.
1607Chapman Bussy D'Amb. Plays (1873) II. 27 And shall your royall bountie Centuple. 1614in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. cxxvi. 5 All that you have lost shall be centupled to you. 1636G. Sandys Paraphr. Ps. lxix, Behold, and centuple their joyes. a1687Petty Pol. Arith. (1690) 2 The same Land being built upon may centuple the Rent. 1812Examiner 19 Oct. 666/1 Which..would more than centuple the ministerial majority. 1856Emerson Eng. Traits, Wealth Wks. (Bohn) II. 72 Every stroke of the steam-piston..doubles, quadruples, centuples the Duke's capital. |
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