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Definition of Tripled
1. triple [v] - See also: triple
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tripled
Literary usage of Tripled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Confessions of a War Correspondent by William Gunn Shepherd (1917)
"THE SCAR THAT tripled HE is over at the front in France now, if he is still alive,
with three scars across his stomach instead of the one that Richard ..."
2. The Southern Planter (1852)
"... has decreased in whites and in slaves; but the free negroes have more than
tripled, so as to make a small numerical increase in the total population. ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1865)
"... Fr. tripled, a support standing on three feet. Trice. A moment. And whan that
he him moste ... tripled ..."
4. A Law Dictionary Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American by Henry Campbell Black (1910)
"... actually tripled In amount The usual practice has been for the jury to find
the single amount of the ..."
5. The Acts of the Apostles explained by Joseph Addison Alexander (1857)
"This sum would be tripled or quadrupled by supposing the coin meant to be the
Jewish shekel, which, however, is less probable, as Luke was writing for Greek ..."
6. Algebra: With Arithmetic and Mensuration by Brahmagupta (1817)
"189, makes the cube of nine 729- The entire number being 27, parts are 20 and 7:
by which, the number being successively multiplied, and then tripled, ..."
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