triple (le as el)

& s. [Fr., from Lat. triplu = triple, from tri- = three, and plus, related to plenus =full; Sp. triple; Ital. triplo.] A. As adjective: 1. Consisting of three united; threefold. "The triple - dog had never felt his chain." Pope: Homer's Iliad , viii. 447. 2. Three times repeated; treble. "If then the atheist can have no imagination of more senses than five, why doth he suppose that a body is capable of more? If we had double or triple as many there out end."-Bentley. *3. One of three; third. IMG:content-1462.png:[blocks in formation] "A wry mouth on the triple -tree puts an end to all discourse about us."-T. Brown: Works , iii. 63. *triple-turned, a . Three times faithle ; thrice faithle . (Shakesp.: Antony and Cleopatra, iv. 12.) trip-le (le as el), v. t. & i. [TRIPLE, a.] A. Transitive: 1. To make treble, threefold, or thrice as much, as many, or as great; to treble. "The rents of many highland estates have been tripled and quadrupled."- Smith : Wealth of Nations . 2. To be three times as great or as many. "Their lo e did triple ours, as well in quality as in quantity."-Hackluyt: Voyages, ii. 140. B. In trans.: To increase threefold. trip-lět, s. & a. [From triple, as doublet from double.] A. As substantive: I. Ordinary Language: 1. A collection or set of three things of a kind, or IMG:content-1463.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1464.png:[blocks in formation] triplicate fermo, the other a counterpoint. This additional part was generally the upper part, hence the word treble or triplex came to be applied to the canto primo. 2. A motet or other composition in three parts. 3. Triple-time. "The triplex is a good tripping measure."-Shakesp.: Twelfth Night, v.