[a. F. centuple-r, or f. on L. type *centuplāre = centuplicāre on analogy of quadruplāre, f. centupl-us: see prec.] trans. To multiply or increase a hundredfold. Hence Centupled ppl. a.
1607. Chapman, Bussy D’Ambois, 19. And shall your royall bountie Centuple.
1614. in Spurgeon, Treas. Dav., Ps. cxxvi. 5. All that you have lost shall be centupled to you.
1636. G. Sandys, Paraphr. Ps. lxix. Behold, and centuple their joyes.
a. 1687. Petty, Pol. Arith. (1690), 2. The same Land being built upon, may centuple the Rent which it yielded as Pasture.
1812. Examiner, 18 Oct., 666/1. Which … would more than centuple the ministerial majority.
1856. Emerson, Eng. Traits, Wealth, Wks. (Bohn), II. 72. Every stroke of the steam-piston … doubles, quadruples, centuples the Duke’s capital.
