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What is the verb for three?

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triple
  1. To multiply by three
  2. (baseball) To get a three-base hit
  3. To become three times as large
  4. To serve or operate as (something), in addition to two other functions.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “The local population is expected to triple to 98 million by 2050.”
third
  1. To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.
  2. To divide into three equal parts.
triplicate
  1. (transitive) To make three identical copies of something.
  2. (transitive) To triple.
  3. Synonyms:
triples
thirds
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of third
triplicated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of triplicate
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Third, many agronomically important genes or their alleles are chromosome specific and are not triplicated.”
      “Aircraft systems are highly complex, triplicated and have to be checked by specialist engineers at frequent intervals.”
      “However, coexistence of triplicated alpha-gene with beta-thalassaemia trait increases the severity of this conditions.”
tripled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of triple
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Prices had doubled or tripled because the American broadcasters were prepared to pay what the local wide boys were asking.”
      “The chorus was tripled in size and extra musicians were added to the orchestra.”
      “The prices of some houses, especially in the downtown area, have tripled and even quadrupled.”
thirded
  1. simple past tense and past participle of third
  2. Examples:
    1. “Menino was seconded and thirded by Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel and San Francisco mayor Edwin Lee.”
triplicating
tripling
  1. present participle of triple
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “England has the fastest growing obesity problem in Europe, with childhood obesity tripling in 20 years.”
      “Well it did well, it did spectacularly well, Mark, increasing the number of seats from around 50 to 150, tripling the number of seats.”
      “He blamed a tripling of serious attacks on teachers on the government's edict to schools not to exclude violent pupils.”
thirding
  1. present participle of third
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