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   Treble , a. [OE. treble threefold, OF. treble, treible, L. triplus. See Triple.]
   Threefold; triple.
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   A lofty tower, and strong on every side
   With treble walls.
   Dryden.
   
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   (Mus.) (a) Acute; sharp; as, a treble sound. Bacon. (b) Playing or singing the highest part or most acute sounds; playing or singing the treble; as, a treble violin or voice.
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   Treble, adv. Trebly; triply. [Obs.]
   J. Fletcher.
   
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   Treble, n. [“ It has been said to be a corruption of triplum [Lat.], a third part, superadded to the altus and bassus (high and low).” Grove.] (Mus.) The highest of the four principal parts in music; the part usually sung by boys or women; soprano.
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   ☞ This is sometimes called the first treble, to distinguish it from the second treble, or alto, which is sung by lower female voices.
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   Treble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trebled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Trebling.]
   To make thrice as much; to make threefold. “Love trebled life.”  
   Tennyson.
   
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   To utter in a treble key; to whine. [Obs.]
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   He outrageously
   (When I accused him) trebled his reply.
   Chapman.
   
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   Treble, v. i. To become threefold.
   Swift.
   
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