octupleadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈɒktjᵿpl/,

/ɒkˈtjuːpl/,

/ˈɒktʃᵿpl/,

/ɒkˈtʃuːpl/, U.S.

/ɑkˈt(j)up(ə)l/,

/ˈɑkˌtəp(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s occuple (irregular), 1600s– octuple.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French octuple; Latin octuplus.

Etymology: < French octuple, adjective (1377 in Middle French, 1572 in the passage translated in quot. 1603 at sense A.) and its etymon classical Latin octuplus eightfold < octu- octu- comb. form + -plus (in e.g. duplus double adj.¹). With use as noun compare classical Latin octuplum, use as noun of neuter singular of octuplus, used by Cicero of an eightfold penalty.

A. adj.

Consisting of eight parts or things; eight times as many or as much as, eightfold.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eight > [adjective] > eightfold

octuple1563

1563 R. Lever & W. Fulwood Most Noble Playe called Philosophers Game sig. Avi Doble..quadruple..sextuple..occuple proportion.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1046 The Diameters of Venus and the earth, are in double proportion, but their globes or sphæres beare octuple proportion, to wit, eight for one.

1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. v. 17 The Overseers of the Altar made all the four sides double to what they were before, & so instead of doubling the Altar, they made it octuple to what it was.

1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 293 To quadruple the distance..in octuple the time.

1706 Origine & Antiq. Eng. Weights & Meas. Discover'd 38 The Value of the Places in which each Figure stands, from the right hand to the left, shall successively exceed each other in Octuple Proportion.

1760 Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 155 Those of No 2. 4. and 6. (the velocity of the wind being double) ought to be octuple of those of No 1. 3. and 5.

1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1843) I. 56 Its..triple or sometimes octuple teguments.

1879 H. W. Warren Recreations in Astron. x. 214 The octuple star σ in Orion.

1942 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 2 (Suppl.) 11 In 1895, the Hoe octuple press turned out 48,000 sixteen-page papers per hour.

1991 Proc. U.S. Naval Inst. June 108/2 For air and surface defense, the frigate has four octuple vertical launch groups for SA-N-9 missiles.

B. n.

An eightfold number or amount; a thing which consists of eight parts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eight > [noun] > eightfold amount

octuple1692

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eight > [noun] > division into eight > that which consists of eight parts

octuple1692

1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) ii. xv. 123 The Octuple thereof is 2.000.

1856 Illustr. London News 2 Feb. 110/3 A monster negotiation..called the ‘Octuple’, because eight separate Companies were parties to it.

1961 Amer. Math. Monthly 68 871 Not only may straight lines be fitted by the minmax criterion, but a variety of more sophisticated curves as well. For these the search may be much more laborious (perhaps for a correct octuple).

2001 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 28 Oct. c14 Exhibition octuple: 1, Malta Boat Club.

Derivatives

ocˈtuply adv.

ΚΠ

1975 E. L. Epstein in R. Fowler Style & Struct. in Lit. ii. 44 This octuply ambiguous expression.

2000 Oxf. Mag. No. 178. 4/2 ‘Lay’.., whose twelve stanzas take the octuply-rhymed pattern abababbaabababba.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

octuplev.

Brit.

/ˈɒktjᵿpl/,

/ɒkˈtjuːpl/,

/ˈɒktʃᵿpl/,

/ɒkˈtʃuːpl/, U.S.

/ɑkˈt(j)up(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion; pehaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: octuple adj.

Etymology: < octuple adj., perhaps after French octupler (1798).

transitive. To increase or enlarge by a factor of eight. Also intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)] > in specific proportion

doublec1320

redouble?1473

treblea1625

quadruple1776

quintuple1792

triple1799

octuple1837

sextuple1856

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eight > [verb (transitive)] > multiply by eight

octuple1837

1837 T. Doubleday in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 41 367 This prolific community had at least octupled itself in forty years.

1863 Sci. Amer. 14 Nov. 308/2 On some occasions the charges are octupled..; the balls are also quadrupled in weight.

1893 G. B. Longstaff Rural Depopulation 31 In New Hampshire..the new town populations have trebled the additions to the rural community, and in the case of Massachusetts have octupled them.

1992 Spy (N.Y.) Oct. 62/2 They also bought Fischls, Basquiats, DeKoonings, Pissaros and Old Masters—so frantically that prices doubled and quadrupled and octupled.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	octuple
释义	octupleadj.n. Brit. /ˈɒktjᵿpl/, /ɒkˈtjuːpl/, /ˈɒktʃᵿpl/, /ɒkˈtʃuːpl/, U.S. /ɑkˈt(j)up(ə)l/, /ˈɑkˌtəp(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s occuple (irregular), 1600s– octuple. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French octuple; Latin octuplus. Etymology: < French octuple, adjective (1377 in Middle French, 1572 in the passage translated in quot. 1603 at sense A.) and its etymon classical Latin octuplus eightfold < octu- octu- comb. form + -plus (in e.g. duplus double adj.¹). With use as noun compare classical Latin octuplum, use as noun of neuter singular of octuplus, used by Cicero of an eightfold penalty. A. adj. Consisting of eight parts or things; eight times as many or as much as, eightfold. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eight > [adjective] > eightfold octuple1563 1563 R. Lever & W. Fulwood Most Noble Playe called Philosophers Game sig. Avi Doble..quadruple..sextuple..occuple proportion. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1046 The Diameters of Venus and the earth, are in double proportion, but their globes or sphæres beare octuple proportion, to wit, eight for one. 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. v. 17 The Overseers of the Altar made all the four sides double to what they were before, & so instead of doubling the Altar, they made it octuple to what it was. 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 293 To quadruple the distance..in octuple the time. 1706 Origine & Antiq. Eng. Weights & Meas. Discover'd 38 The Value of the Places in which each Figure stands, from the right hand to the left, shall successively exceed each other in Octuple Proportion. 1760 Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 155 Those of No 2. 4. and 6. (the velocity of the wind being double) ought to be octuple of those of No 1. 3. and 5. 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1843) I. 56 Its..triple or sometimes octuple teguments. 1879 H. W. Warren Recreations in Astron. x. 214 The octuple star σ in Orion. 1942 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 2 (Suppl.) 11 In 1895, the Hoe octuple press turned out 48,000 sixteen-page papers per hour. 1991 Proc. U.S. Naval Inst. June 108/2 For air and surface defense, the frigate has four octuple vertical launch groups for SA-N-9 missiles. B. n. An eightfold number or amount; a thing which consists of eight parts. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eight > [noun] > eightfold amount octuple1692 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eight > [noun] > division into eight > that which consists of eight parts octuple1692 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) ii. xv. 123 The Octuple thereof is 2.000. 1856 Illustr. London News 2 Feb. 110/3 A monster negotiation..called the ‘Octuple’, because eight separate Companies were parties to it. 1961 Amer. Math. Monthly 68 871 Not only may straight lines be fitted by the minmax criterion, but a variety of more sophisticated curves as well. For these the search may be much more laborious (perhaps for a correct octuple). 2001 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 28 Oct. c14 Exhibition octuple: 1, Malta Boat Club. Derivatives ocˈtuply adv. ΚΠ 1975 E. L. Epstein in R. Fowler Style & Struct. in Lit. ii. 44 This octuply ambiguous expression. 2000 Oxf. Mag. No. 178. 4/2 ‘Lay’.., whose twelve stanzas take the octuply-rhymed pattern abababbaabababba. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). octuplev. Brit. /ˈɒktjᵿpl/, /ɒkˈtjuːpl/, /ˈɒktʃᵿpl/, /ɒkˈtʃuːpl/, U.S. /ɑkˈt(j)up(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion; pehaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: octuple adj. Etymology: < octuple adj., perhaps after French octupler (1798). transitive. To increase or enlarge by a factor of eight. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)] > in specific proportion doublec1320 redouble?1473 treblea1625 quadruple1776 quintuple1792 triple1799 octuple1837 sextuple1856 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eight > [verb (transitive)] > multiply by eight octuple1837 1837 T. Doubleday in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 41 367 This prolific community had at least octupled itself in forty years. 1863 Sci. Amer. 14 Nov. 308/2 On some occasions the charges are octupled..; the balls are also quadrupled in weight. 1893 G. B. Longstaff Rural Depopulation 31 In New Hampshire..the new town populations have trebled the additions to the rural community, and in the case of Massachusetts have octupled them. 1992 Spy (N.Y.) Oct. 62/2 They also bought Fischls, Basquiats, DeKoonings, Pissaros and Old Masters—so frantically that prices doubled and quadrupled and octupled. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1563v.1837
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