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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRIP'LE, a.[L. triplex, triplus; tres and plico, to fold.]
1. Threefold; consisting of three united; as a triple knot; a triple tie.
By thy triple shape as thou are seen--
2. Treble; three times repeated. [See Treble.]
Triple time, in music, is that in which each bar is divided into three measures or equal parts, as three minims, three crotchets, three quavers, etc.
TRIP'LE, v.t. To treble; to make threefold or thrice as much or as many. [Usually written treble.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having three units or components or elements; "a ternary operation"; "a treble row of red beads"; "overcrowding made triple sessions necessary"; "triple time has three beats per measure"; "triplex windows" [syn: ternary, treble, triple, triplex]
2: three times as great or many; "a claim for treble (or triple) damages"; "a threefold increase" [syn: treble, threefold, three-fold, triple] n
1: a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base [syn: triple, three-base hit, three-bagger]
2: a set of three similar things considered as a unit [syn: trio, triad, triplet, triple]
3: a quantity that is three times as great as another v
1: increase threefold; "Triple your income!" [syn: triple, treble]
2: hit a three-base hit

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (tripled; tripling) Etymology: Middle English (Scots), from Late Latin triplare, from Latin triplus, adjective Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to make three times as great or as many 2. a. to score (a base runner) by a triple b. to bring about the scoring of (a run) by a triple intransitive verb 1. to become three times as great or as numerous <their profits tripled last year> 2. to make a triple in baseball II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin triplus, adjective Date: 15th century 1. a. a triple sum, quantity, or number b. a combination, group, or series of three 2. a base hit that allows the batter to reach third base safely 3. trifecta 1 III. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin triplus, from tri- + -plus multiplied by — more at -fold Date: 15th century 1. being three times as great or as many 2. having or involving three units or members <triple bypass heart surgery> 3. having a threefold relation or character <worked as a double or even triple agent — Time> 4. a. three times repeated ; treble b. having three full revolutions <a triple somersault> <a triple lutz> 5. marked by three beats per musical measure <triple meter> 6. a. having units of three components <triple feet> b. of rhyme involving correspondence of three syllables (as in unfortunate-importunate)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 consisting of three usu. equal parts or things; threefold. 2 involving three parties. 3 three times as much or many (triple the amount; triple thickness). --n. 1 a threefold number or amount. 2 a set of three. 3 (in pl.) a peal of changes on seven bells. --v.tr. & intr. multiply or increase by three. Phrases and idioms: triple crown 1 RC Ch. the pope's tiara. 2 the act of winning all three of a group of important events in horse-racing, rugby football, etc. triple jump an athletic exercise or contest comprising a hop, a step, and a jump. triple play Baseball the act of putting out three runners in a row. triple rhyme a rhyme including three syllables. triple time Mus. that with three beats to the bar; waltz time. Derivatives: triply adv. Etymology: OF triple or L triplus f. Gk triplous

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Triple Tri"ple, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tripled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tripling.] [Cf. F. tripler. See Triple, a.] To make threefold, or thrice as much or as many; to treble; as, to triple the tax on coffee.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Triple Tri"ple, a. [L. triplus; tri- (see Tri-) + -plus, as in duplus double: cf. F. triple. See Double, and cf. Treble.] 1. Consisting of three united; multiplied by three; threefold; as, a triple knot; a triple tie. By thy triple shape as thou art seen. --Dryden. 2. Three times repeated; treble. See Treble. 3. One of three; third. [Obs.] --Shak. Triple crown, the crown, or tiara, of the pope. See Tiara, 2.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(triples, tripling, tripled) 1. Triple means consisting of three things or parts. ...a triple somersault... In 1882 Germany, Austria, and Italy formed the Triple Alliance. ADJ: ADJ n 2. If something triples or if you triple it, it becomes three times as large in size or number. I got a fantastic new job and my salary tripled... The Exhibition has tripled in size from last year... The merger puts the firm in a position to triple its earnings. = treble VERB: V, V in n, V n 3. If something is triple the amount or size of another thing, it is three times as large. The mine reportedly had an accident rate triple the national average... = treble PREDET: PREDET the n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. a. 1. Threefold, triplicate. 2. Treble, three times repeated. II. v. a. Treble, make threefold.

Moby Thesaurus

accelerate, aggravate, beef up, blow up, complicate, concentrate, condense, consolidate, cube, deepen, deltoid, double, enhance, exacerbate, exaggerate, fan-shaped, heat up, heighten, hop up, hot up, intensify, jazz up, key up, magnify, make complex, multiply by three, ramify, redouble, reinforce, sharpen, soup up, step up, strengthen, tern, ternal, ternary, ternate, three, three-in-one, three-ply, threefold, threesome, treble, triadic, trial, triangular, trilogic, trinal, trine, trinity, trio, triplex, triplicate, triumvirate, triune, troika, whet