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English
Etymology
From Latin sextuplicātus, past participle form of sextuplicāre (“to sextuple”), from sextuplus (“sixfold”), from sextus (“sixth”) (from sex (“six”)) + -plus (“-fold”) (from plicare (“to fold”)).
Pronunciation
Adjective
sextuplicate (not comparable)
- Six times the number, volume, length, etc. (of something else).
- The customer ordered a sextuplicate quantity.
- Comprising six identical parts.
- Benzene is a sextuplicate hydrocarbon.
Noun
sextuplicate (plural sextuplicates)
- A series, set, collection, or group of six identical copies of something.
- 1945: United States Twelfth Army, Report of Operations: Final After Action Report, PAGE UNKNOWN
- If the official receipt is not available, the appropriate CA officer will prepare a similar receipt in sextuplicate.
1985, Erich Segal, The Class, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 28:…signed (in quadruplicate for the Financial Office, quintuplicate for the Registrar, and, inexplicably, sextuplicate for the Health Department).
Verb
sextuplicate (third-person singular simple present sextuplicates, present participle sextuplicating, simple past and past participle sextuplicated)
- (transitive) To make six copies of.
- Sextuplicate this document for me, please.
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Spanish
Verb
sextuplicate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of sextuplicar combined with te