octuplicate

plural octuplicates

1. countableuncountableA set of eight like or identical things.First known use 1911

   A unit's actual transfer will be brought about through the issuance of a Form S-46, "Transfer Order," which is made up in octuplicate.

   1952, California Division of Highways, Equipment manual

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   It was an understood thing in our squadron that no one was on any account to bring the Baron down, but some of our pilots had come close enough to see his beetling brows and purple cheeks reflected in octuplicate.

   1942, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Sir Owen Seaman, Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, Punch

   Letters of nomination together with supporting documents must be submitted in octuplicate to Earl G. Hammond, Department of Food Technology […]

   1978, American Oil Chemists' Society, Lipids

present singular third person octuplicates · participle present octuplicating · participle past octuplicated · past octuplicated

1. To make eight copies of something