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n., adj. /sep tooh"pli kit, -tyooh"-/; v. /sep tooh"pli kayt', -tyooh"-/, n., adj., v., septuplicated, septuplicating.n.1. a group, series, or set of seven identical copies (usually prec. by in).adj.2. having or consisting of seven identical parts; sevenfold.3. noting the seventh copy or item.v.t.4. to make seven copies of.5. to make seven times as great, as by multiplying.[ < ML septuplicatus (ptp. of septuplicare to multiply by seven), equiv. to LL septu(plus) SEPTUPLE + -plicatus, as in quadruplicatus; see QUADRUPLICATE]
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