Quintupling

Quintupling
Quintuple Quin"tu*ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quintupled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quintupling}.] [Cf. F. quintupler.] To make fivefold, or five times as much or many. [1913 Webster]

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