doubled

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like; multiply by two; as, to double a sum of money; to double a number, or length. [1913 Webster]

Double six thousand, and then treble that.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To make of two thicknesses or folds by turning or bending together in the middle; to fold one part upon another part of; as, to double the leaf of a book, and the like; to clinch, as the fist; -- often followed by up; as, to double up a sheet of paper or cloth. --Prior. [1913 Webster]

Then the old man Was wroth, and doubled up his hands.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]

3.To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as. [1913 Webster]

Thus re["e]nforced, against the adverse fleet, Still doubling ours, brave Rupert leads the way.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

4.To pass around or by; to march or sail round, so as to reverse the direction of motion. [1913 Webster]

Sailing along the coast, the doubled the promontory of Carthage.— Knolles.[1913 Webster]

5.(Mil.) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two. [1913 Webster]

1.rendered twice as great or twice as many.

Syn: double, duplex, twofold, diploid. [WordNet 1.5]

2.folded in two; as, doubled sheets of paper.

Syn: doubled over. [WordNet 1.5] Double dealer