adjective
- eightfold; eight times as great.
- having eight effective units or elements.
verb (used with object), oc·tu·pled, oc·tu·pling.
- to make eight times as great.
noun
- Rowing. a shell rowed by a crew of eight, each rower using a pair of oars.
noun
- a quantity or number eight times as great as another
adjective
- eight times as much or as many
- consisting of eight parts
verb
- (tr) to multiply by eight
adj.“eightfold,” c.1600, from Latin octuplus “eightfgold,” from octo “eight” (see octo-) + -plus “-fold” (see plus).