trebling
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“trebling” is listed under Treble.
Tre′ble transitive verb [past tense & past participle Trebled; present participle & verbal noun Trebling.]
1. To make thrice as much; to make threefold. “Love trebled life.” Alfred Tennyson
2. To utter in a treble key; to whine. obsolete
He outrageously (When I accused him) trebled his reply.— George Chapman
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
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