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TRIP'LE, a.[L. triplex, triplus; tres and plico, to fold.]

1. Threefold; consisting of three united; as a triple knot; a triple tie.

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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, _c.

TRIP'LE, v.t. To treble; to make threefold or thrice as much or as many. [Usually written treble.]

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