Treble /(?)/
Tre·ble
Treble
a.
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Threefold; triple.
A lofty tower, and strong on every side With treble walls.
- Acute; sharp; as, a treble sound. (Mus.)
Treble
adv.
- Trebly; triply. [Obs.]
Treble
n.
- The highest of the four principal parts in music; the part usually sung by boys or women; soprano. (Mus.)
Treble
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Trebled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trebling
- To make thrice as much; to make threefold.
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To utter in a treble key; to whine. [Obs.]
He outrageously (When I accused him) trebled his reply.
Treble
v. i.
- To become threefold.