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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
doubled
adj
  1. twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is doubled"; "a twofold increase"
    Synonym(s): double, doubled, twofold, two-fold
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Double \Dou"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doubled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Doubling}.] [OE. doblen, dublen, doublen, F. doubler, fr. L.
      duplare, fr. duplus. See {Double}, a.]
      1. To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length,
            value, or the like; multiply by two; to double a sum of
            money; to double a number, or length.
  
                     Double six thousand, and then treble that. --Shak.
  
      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.
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