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sex·tu·pli·cate  audio  (sk-stpl-kt, -sty-, -stpl-) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
Six times as many or as much.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
sex·tu·pli·cat·ed, sex·tu·pli·cat·ing, sex·tu·pli·cates (-kt)
  1. To make six times as great; multiply by six.
  2. To make six copies of.
NOUN:
  1. One of six similar things.
  2. A set of six identical copies.
ETYMOLOGY:
sextu(ple) + (du)plicate

OTHER FORMS:
sex·tupli·cate·ly(Adverb), sex·tupli·cation(Noun)


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