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Decuple

Decuple \Dec"u*ple\, a. [F. d['e]cuple, L. decuplus, fr. decem ten.] Tenfold. [R.]

Decuple

Decuple \Dec"u*ple\, n. A number ten times repeated. [R.]

Decuple

Decuple \Dec"u*ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decupled; p. pr. & vb. n. Decupling.] To make tenfold; to multiply by ten. [R.]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
decuple

1610s, from French décuple (late 15c.), from Latin decuplus "tenfold," from decem- "ten" (see ten) + -plus (see plus).

Wiktionary
decuple
  1. (context archaic English) tenfold n. (context archaic English) An amount multiplied by ten. v

  2. (context archaic English) To multiply by ten.

Usage examples of "decuple".

But as the Franks established only a decuple proportion of gold and silver, ten shillings will be a sufficient valuation of their solidus of gold.

But as the Franks established only a decuple proportion of gold and silver, ten shillings will be a sufficient valuation of their solidus of gold.

Only the amount of response Waymarsh had then taken for granted was doubled, decupled now.

And since there were forty windows (a number truly perfect, derived from the decupling of the quadragon, as if the Ten Command­ments had been multiplied by the four cardinal virtues), forty monks could work at the same time, though at that moment there were perhaps thirty.