triplicate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to reproduce threefold

   I needed to triplicate the letter for the committee.

Early 15th century. From Latin triplicātus, perfect passive participle of triplicō (“to triple”) (see -ate), from tri- (“three”) + plicō (“to fold”). By surface analysis, tri- (“three”) + plicate, analogous with duplicate.

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