v. Obs. rare. Also 5 quatriplate. [f. ppl. stem of L. quadruplāre: see QUADRUPLE and -ATE3.] To multiply by four.
1486. Bk. St. Albans, Her., E vij. Ther be certan nobull men the wich bere theys tractis triplatit … and sum bere hit quatriplatit.
1571. Digges, Pantom., I. xi. D iij. Then quadruplate the distance.
1611. Cotgr., Quadrupler … to quadruplate, or make foure times as much.
1656. in Blount, Glossogr.
So † Quadruplate ppl. a., quadruple. Obs.
c. 1480. Henryson, Orpheus & Eurydice, 228. Thair leirit he tonis … As duplare, triplare, and … the quadruplait.
