Double

Double
Double Dou"ble, v. i. 1. To be increased to twice the sum, number, quantity, length, or value; to increase or grow to twice as much. [1913 Webster]

'T is observed in particular nations, that within the space of three hundred years, notwithstanding all casualties, the number of men doubles. --T. Burnet. [1913 Webster]

2. To return upon one's track; to turn and go back over the same ground, or in an opposite direction. [1913 Webster]

Doubling and turning like a hunted hare. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Doubling and doubling with laborious walk. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]

3. To play tricks; to use sleights; to play false. [1913 Webster]

What penalty and danger you accrue, If you be found to double. --J. Webster. [1913 Webster]

4. (Print.) To set up a word or words a second time by mistake; to make a doublet. [1913 Webster]

{To double upon} (Mil.), to inclose between two fires. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • Double — Double …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

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  • double — DOUBLE. adj. des 2 g. Qui vaut, qui pèse, qui contient une fois autant. Il est opposé à Simple. Double louis. Double ducat. Double pistole. Double portion. Corps de logis double. f♛/b] Il se dit aussi Des choses plus fortes, de plus grande vertu… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • Double — Dou ble (d[u^]b l), a. [OE. doble, duble, double, OF. doble, duble, double, F. double, fr. L. duplus, fr. the root of duo two, and perh. that of plenus full; akin to Gr. diplo os double. See {Two}, and {Full}, and cf. {Diploma}, {Duple}.] 1.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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