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adj
Sixteenfold.
Sixteen times as great or as numerous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, rare
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adj
Sixteenfold.
Sixteen-to-one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, rare
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adj
Sixteenfold.
Comprising sixteen repeated elements.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, rare
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verb
To increase by a factor of sixteen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, rare, transitive
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History
First attested in 1744–1749; from the Latin sēdecuplus (“sixteenfold”); compare decuple.
