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triplicate

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trip·li·cate  (trpl-kt)
n.
One of a set of three identical objects or copies.
tr.v. (-kt) trip·li·cat·ed, trip·li·cat·ing, trip·li·cates
1. To make threefold; triple.
2. To make three identical copies of.

[From Middle English, triple, from Latin triplictus, past participle of triplicre, to triple, from triplex, triplic-, threefold; see triplex.]

tripli·cate·ly adv.
tripli·cation n.

triplicate
Adjective
triple
Verb
[-cating, -cated]
to multiply or be multiplied by three
Noun
in triplicate written out three times: my request to interview the commander had to be made in triplicate [Latin triplicare to triple]
triplication n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.triplicatetriplicate - one of three copies; any of three things that correspond to one another exactly
copy - a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing; "she made a copy of the designer dress"; "the clone was a copy of its ancestor"
Verb1.triplicatetriplicate - reproduce threefold; "triplicate the letter for the committee"
reproduce - make a copy or equivalent of; "reproduce the painting"
Translations
Spanish triplicate [ˈtrɪplɪkət] n in triplicate → por triplicado
French triplicate [ˈtrɪplɪkət] n in triplicate → en trois exemplaires
German triplicate [ˈtrɪplɪkət] triple n in triplicate → in dreifacher Ausfertigung
Italian triplicate [ˈtrɪplɪkət] n in triplicate → in triplice copia

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But, as I have already observed, your jesters, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, are fat, round, and unwieldy -- so that it was no small source of self-gratulation with our king that, in Hop-Frog (this was the fool's name), he possessed a triplicate treasure in one person.
I have no affinity to a single consort, much less to duplicates and triplicates of the class
 
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