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treb·le

(trĕb′əl)

adj.

1. Triple: "treble reason for loving as well as working while it is day" (George Eliot).

2. Music Relating to or having the highest part, voice, or range.

3. High-pitched; shrill.

1. Music

a. The highest part, voice, instrument, or range.

b. A singer or player that performs this part.

2. A high, shrill sound or voice.

tr. & intr.v. treb·led, treb·ling, treb·les

To make or become triple.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin triplum, from Latin, neuter of triplus, triple; see triple.]

treb′le·ness n.

treb′ly (trĕb′lē) adv.

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trebling

(ˈtrɛblɪŋ)

the act or an instance of making or becoming three times as much

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