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v. i. To apply. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The act of faith is applicated to the object. Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + plicate. ] Twice folded together. Henslow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Centuplicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Centuplicating. ] [ L. centuplicare. See Centuple, a. ] To make a hundredfold; to repeat a hundred times. [ R. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. complicatus, p. p. of complicare to fold together. See Complex. ] 1. Composed of two or more parts united; complex; complicated; involved. [ 1913 Webster ]

How poor, how rich, how abject, how august,
How complicate, how wonderful is man! Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Folded together, or upon itself, with the fold running lengthwise. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Complicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Complicating. ] To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor can his complicated sinews fail. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

Avarice and luxury very often become one complicated principle of action. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

When the disease is complicated with other diseases. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a complex manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Complexity. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. conduplicatus, p. p. of conduplicare. See Duplicate. ] (Bot.) Folded lengthwise along the midrib, the upper face being within; -- said of leaves or petals in vernation or æstivation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. contortuplicatus; contortus contorted + plicare to fold. ] (Bot.) Plaited lengthwise and twisted in addition, as the bud of the morning-glory. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which exactly resembles or corresponds to something else; another, correspondent to the first; hence, a copy; a transcript; a counterpart. [ 1913 Webster ]

I send a duplicate both of it and my last dispatch. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) An original instrument repeated; a document which is the same as another in all essential particulars, and differing from a mere copy in having all the validity of an original. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Duplicated p. pr. & vb. n. Duplicating. ] 1. To double; to fold; to render double. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make a duplicate of (something); to make a copy or transcript of. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Biol.) To divide into two by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, infusoria duplicate themselves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. duplicatus, p. p. of duplicare to double, fr. duplex double, twofold. See Duplex. ] Double; twofold. [ 1913 Webster ]

Duplicate proportion or
Duplicate ratio (Math.), the proportion or ratio of squares. Thus, in geometrical proportion, the first term to the third is said to be in a duplicate ratio of the first to the second, or as its square is to the square of the second. Thus, in 2, 4, 8, 16, the ratio of 2 to 8 is a duplicate of that of 2 to 4, or as the square of 2 is to the square of 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. explicatus, p. p. of explicare. ] Evolved; unfolded. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Explicated p. pr. & vb. n. Explicating ] 1. To unfold; to expand; to lay open. [ Obs. ] “They explicate the leaves.” Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret. [ 1913 Webster ]

The last verse of his last satire is not yet sufficiently explicated. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Implicated p. pr. & vb. n. Implicating. ] [ L. implicatus, p. p. of implicare to involve; pref. im- in + plicare to fold. See Employ, Ply, and cf. Imply, Implicit. ] 1. To infold; to fold together; to interweave. [ 1913 Webster ]

The meeting boughs and implicated leaves. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bring into connection with; to involve; to connect; -- applied to persons, in an unfavorable sense; as, the evidence implicates many in this conspiracy; to be implicated in a crime, a discreditable transaction, a fault, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. culpably involved; connected; -- of persons with respect to responsibility for events. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Bot.) (a) Having the edges bent abruptly toward the axis; -- said of the parts of the calyx or corolla in æstivation. (b) Having the edges rolled inward and then arranged about the axis without overlapping; -- said of leaves in vernation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. multiplicatus, p. p. of multiplicare. See Multiply. ] Consisting of many, or of more than one; multiple; multifold. [ 1913 Webster ]

Multiplicate flower (Bot.), a flower that is double, or has an unusual number of petals in consequence of the abnormal multiplication of the parts of the floral whorls. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. plicatus, p. p. of plicare to fold. ] Plaited; folded like a fan; as, a plicate leaf. -- Pli"cate*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Quadruplicated p. pr. & vb. n. Quadruplicating. ] [ L. quadruplicatus, p. p. of quadruplicare, fr. quadruple&unr_; fourfold. See Quadruplex. ] To make fourfold; to double twice; to quadruple. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. quadruplicatus, p. p. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Fourfold; doubled twice; four times repeated; as, a quadruplicate ratio, or a quadruplicate proportion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Math.) Raised to the fourth power. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. re- + duplicate: cf. L. reduplicatus. Cf. Redouble. ] 1. Double; doubled; reduplicative; repeated. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Valvate with the margins curved outwardly; -- said of the &unr_;stivation of certain flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. LL. reduplicare. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To redouble; to multiply; to repeat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) To repeat the first letter or letters of (a word). See Reduplication, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To reply. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. replicatus, p. p. of replicare. See Reply. ] Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself; as, a replicate leaf or petal; a replicate margin of a shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Sesqui- + duplicate. ] Twice and a half as great (as another thing); having the ratio of two and a half to one. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sesquiduplicate ratio (Math.), the ratio of two and a half to one, or one in which the greater term contains the lesser twice and a half, as that of 50 to 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Sesqui- + plicate. ] (Math.) Subduplicate of the triplicate; -- a term applied to ratios; thus, a and a′ are in the sesquiplicate ratio of b and b′, when a is to a′ as the square root of the cube of b is to the square root of the cube of b′, or a:a′::√b3:√b′3. [ 1913 Webster ]

The periodic times of the planets are in the sesquiplicate ratio of their mean distances. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Math.) Expressed by the square root; -- said of ratios. [ 1913 Webster ]

Subduplicate ratio, the ratio of the square roots, or the square root of a ratio; thus, the subduplicate ratio of a to b is √a to √b, or √a/b. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Math.) Expressed by the cube root; -- said especially of ratios. [ 1913 Webster ]

Subtriplicate ratio, the ratio of the cube root; thus, the subtriplicate ratio of a to b is &cuberoot_;a to &cuberoot_;b, or &cuberoot_;a/b. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Supplicated p. pr. & vb. n. Supplicating. ] [ L. supplicatus, p. p. of supplicare to supplicate; of uncertain origin, cf. supplex, supplicis, humbly begging or entreating; perhaps fr. sub under + a word akin to placare to reconcile, appease (cf. Placable), or fr. sub under + plicare to fold, whence the idea of bending the knees (cf. Ply, v. t.). Cf. Supple. ] 1. To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; to ask for earnestly and humbly; as, to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant; as, to supplicate the Deity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To beseech; entreat; beg; petition; implore; importune; solicit; crave. See Beseech. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make petition with earnestness and submission; to implore. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man can not brook to supplicate or beg. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. triplicatus, p. p. of triplicare to triple, treble; tri- (see Tri-) + plicare to fold. See Ply, v. t. ] Made thrice as much; threefold; tripled. [ 1913 Webster ]

Triplicate ratio (Math.), the ratio of the cubes of two quantities; thus, the triplicate ratio of a to b is a3: b3. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A third thing corresponding to two others of the same kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Triternate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not implicated. “Unimplicate in folly.” R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]