Definition of "decuple" []

• Consisting of ten parts or members. (adjective)
• Ten times as much in size, strength, number, or amount. (adjective)
• A tenfold amount or number. (noun)
• To multiply or be multiplied by ten. (verb-transitive)

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• "With decuple vigour the stench now rose close to hand."
• "And so oft do away þe lasse nounbre out of his owne decuple, þat is to say, fro þat nounb {r} e þat is ten tymes so mych is þe nounb {re} þ {a} t comes of þe m {u} ltiplicacioɳ."
• "The truth simply is that if some remedy be not soon found for the situation created by these people, who are as stupid as they are mischievous, in a few years we shall be obliged either to decuple the gendarmerie, or to allow every citizen to go about armed with a revolver, in order to protect himself against our much too liberally emancipated young scolos! '"