Part 3538

<hw>Du"pli*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Duplicated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Duplicating</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To double; to fold; to render double.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make a duplicate of (something); to make a copy or transcript of.</def>

<i>Glanvill.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>To divide into two by natural growth or spontaneous action; <as>as, infusoria <ex>duplicate</ex> themselves</as>.</def>

<h1>Duplication</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Du`pli*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>duplicatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>duplication</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated; a doubling; a folding over; a fold.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action; <as>as, the <ex>duplication</ex> of cartilage cells</as>.</def>

<i>Carpenter.</i>

<cs><col>Duplication of the cube</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>the operation of finding a cube having a volume which is double that of a given cube.</cd></cs>

<h1>Duplicative</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Du"pli*ca*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Having the quality of duplicating or doubling.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Having the quality of subdividing into two by natural growth.</def> "<i>Duplicative</i> subdivision."

<i>Carpenter.</i>

<h1>Duplicature</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Du"pli*ca*ture</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>duplicature</ets>.]</ety> <def>A doubling; a fold, as of a membrane.</def>

<h1>Duplicity</h1> <Xpage=461>

<hw>Du*plic"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Duplicities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>duplicit\'82</ets>, L. <ets>duplicitas</ets>, fr. <ets>duplex</ets> double. See <er>Duplex</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Doubleness; a twofold state.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>Do not affect <b>duplicities</b> nor triplicities, nor any certain number of parts in your division of things. <i>I. Watts.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Doubleness of heart or speech; insincerity; a sustained form of deception which consists in entertaining or pretending to entertain one of feelings, and acting as if influenced by another; bad faith.</def>

<blockquote>Far from the <b>duplicity</b> wickedly charged on him, he acted his part with alacrity and resolution. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The use of two or more distinct allegations or answers, where one is sufficient.</def> <i>Blackstone</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>In indictments, the union of two incompatible offenses.</def>

<i>Wharton.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Double dealing; dissimulation; deceit; guile; deception; falsehood.</syn>