centuple

[ sen-tuh-puh l, -tyuh- ]
/ ˈsɛn tə pəl, -tyə- /

adjective

a hundred times as great; hundredfold.

verb (used with object), cen·tu·pled, cen·tu·pling.

to increase 100 times.

Origin of centuple

1600–10; < Middle French < Late Latin centuplus, equivalent to Latin centu(m) 100 + -plus -fold

Words nearby centuple

centrostaltic, centrosymmetric, centrum, cents-off, centum, centuple, centuplicate, centurial, centuried, centurion, century

Example sentences from the Web for centuple

  • I knew that thou wilt give him the centuple, and therefore thought only how I could reach thee the soonest.

    Caucasian Legends |A. Goulbat