decuple

/dɛˈkjuːp(ə)l/

Etymology

From Middle English decuple, from Middle French décuple, from Late Latin decuplus (“tenfold”), from Latin decem (“ten”), and plicō (“fold”).

adj

  1. Tenfold.

noun

  1. An amount multiplied by ten.“The gold coin of the law of 1818 is of four denominations; the decuple of 30 ducats, the half-decuple, ...”

verb

  1. To multiply by ten.“They were in communication as they had been, that first morning, in Sarah's salon and in her presence and Mme. de Vionnet's; and the same recognition of a great goodwill was again, after all, possible. Only the amount of response Waymarsh had then taken for granted was doubled, decupled now.”