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(), a.[OE. treble threefold, OF. treble, treible, L. triplus. See Triple.] 1. Threefold; triple. A lofty tower, and strong on every side With treble walls. Dryden. 2. (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. Tre"ble adv.Trebly; triply. [Obs.] J. Fletcher. Tre"ble 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. This is sometimes called the first treble, to distinguish it from the second treble, or alto, which is sung by lower female voices. Tre"ble v. t.[imp. & p. p.Trebled (); p. pr. & vb. n.Trebling.] 1. To make thrice as much; to make threefold. "Love trebled life." Tennyson. 2. To utter in a treble key; to whine. [Obs.] He outrageously (When I accused him) trebled his reply. Chapman. Tre"ble v. i.To become threefold. Swift. スポンサード リンク
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