septuplicate

septuplicate
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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