quintuplicate
quintuplicate Lexical Profile
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• noun
One of a set of five identical copies or items, or the state of being produced in five identical copies (especially in the phrase 'in quintuplicate').
"All customs declarations must be completed and submitted in quintuplicate before the cargo can be cleared."
• adjective
Consisting of five identical parts, copies, or elements; fivefold.
"The archive maintained a quintuplicate record of every colonial land grant."
• verb
To make five identical copies of a document or item, or to multiply by five.
"The clerk had to quintuplicate the contract so that every party and legal representative received an official copy."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in the 17th century from the Latin numerical stem quintu- ('five') modeled after quadruplicate and duplicate, ultimately from Latin plicare ('to fold').