Sir W. Temple.
2. (Law) An original instrument repeated; a document which is the same as another in all essential particulars, and differing from a mere copy in having all the validity of an original. Burrill.
Du"pli*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Duplicated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Duplicating.] 1. To double; to fold; to render double.
2. To make a duplicate of (something); to make a copy or transcript of. Glanvill.
3. (Biol.) To divide into two by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, infusoria duplicate themselves.
Du`pli*ca"tion (?), n. [L. duplicatio: cf. F. duplication.] 1. The act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated; a doubling; a folding over; a fold.
2. (Biol.) The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, the duplication of cartilage cells. Carpenter.
Duplication of the cube (Math.), the operation of finding a cube having a volume which is double that of a given cube.
Du"pli*ca*tive (?), a. 1. Having the quality of duplicating or doubling.
2. (Biol.) Having the quality of subdividing into two by natural growth. "Duplicative subdivision." Carpenter.
Du"pli*ca*ture (?), n. [Cf. F. duplicature.] A doubling; a fold, as of a membrane.
Du*plic"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Duplicities (#). [F. duplicité, L. duplicitas, fr. duplex double. See Duplex.] 1. Doubleness; a twofold state. [Archaic]
Do not affect duplicities nor triplicities, nor any certain number of parts in your division of things.