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Psychological dilemma
A double bind is a dilemma in communication in which an individual (or group) receives two or more mutually conflicting messages. In some scenarios (such
Double_bind
Theory about social roles and acceptance
The Double-Bind Dilemma for Women in Leadership: Damned if You Do, Doomed if You Don't. IBM Corporation. http://catalyst.org/knowledge/double-bind
Role_congruity_theory
British-American psychological anthropologist (1904–1980)
In Palo Alto, California, Bateson and his colleagues developed the double-bind theory of schizophrenia. Bateson's interest in systems theory forms a
Gregory_Bateson
Woman who is accorded the status of a man without disrupting the patriarchal status quo
The double bind is essentially the double standard held against women candidates and political leaders. A woman's ability to overcome the double bind enables
Honorary_male
1997 Japanese animated film by Satoshi Kon
television detective drama Double Bind as Yoko Takakura; however, her agent, Tadokoro, lobbies the producers of Double Bind and succeeds in securing Mima
Perfect_Blue
American psychiatrist (1901–1980)
Providing a worse alternative (The 'Double Bind') – Example: "Do you want to go into a trance now, or later?" The 'double bind' is a way of overloading the subject
Milton_H._Erickson
Viewpoint held and reinforced by the majority of family members
light was shed on such interactions by Gregory Bateson's concept of the double bind, "a situation in which contradictory demands are being put upon a child
Family_nexus
Psychological behavior
learned helplessness in people habitually caught in double binds in childhood. In such cases, the double bind is presented continually and habitually within
Learned_helplessness
Ligature of two or more runes
A bind rune, or bindrune (Icelandic: bandrún), is a Migration Period Germanic ligature of two or more runes. They are extremely rare in Viking Age inscriptions
Bind_rune
American feminist philosopher and professor (born 1941)
book Feminist Frontiers, Frye discusses the idea of the double bind in gender. This double bind refers to "situations in which options are reduced to a
Marilyn_Frye
Slang term for an attractive, unintelligent man
and Father as a bit of a bumbling idiot". In her 1995 book Beyond the Double Bind: Women and Leadership, communications professor Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Himbo
Season of television series
Design and Conquer (2017) Dirty John (2018–19) Don't Be Tardy... (2012–20) Double Exposure (2010) Dukes of Melrose (2013) Eat, Drink, Love (2013) Euros of
Project_Runway_season_20
Study of circular causal processes
cybernetics include: Autopoiesis Black box Conversation theory Double bind theory: Double binds are patterns created in interaction between two or more parties
Cybernetics
Family dynamics study
of double bind communication in family dynamics. "Development of a theory: A history of a research project", in C. Sluzki & D. Ransom (Eds.). Double bind:
Bateson_Project
Humiliation techniques
humiliating opponents: making invisible, ridiculing, withholding information, double bind and shaming. Ås developed the framework in a feminist context as a practical
Master_suppression_techniques
Inconsistent application of principles
ethnicity and double standards remains controversial and, by all appearances, will continue. Society portal Discrimination Double bind Doublethink Golden
Double_standard
Subfield of evolutionary medicine
recent phase 2 clinical trial as well as in vivo. In the evolutionary double bind, one drug causes increased susceptibility of the evolving cancer to another
Evolutionary_therapy
1972 book by Gregory Bateson
Schizophrenia (01960) Minimal Requirements for a Theory of Schizophrenia (01959) Double Bind, 1969 (01969) The Logical Categories of Learning and Communication (01968)
Steps_to_an_Ecology_of_Mind
Situation in which one cannot avoid a problem because of contradictory constraints
portal Begging the question Circular reasoning Cornelian dilemma Deadlock Double bind False dilemma Feedback loop Godel's incompleteness theorem Hobson's choice
Catch-22_(logic)
Austrian-American psychologist and philosopher (1921–2007)
responsible for introducing what became known as the "double bind" theory of schizophrenia. Double bind can be defined as a person trapped under mutually-exclusive
Paul_Watzlawick
American singer (born 1971)
collection titled "Double Bind." Erykah Badu and Kerby Jean-Raymond titled this collection after Gregory Bateson's idea Double bind. Badu called this collection
Erykah_Badu
Unequal treatment in the workplace
to the existence of a "double bind" for women. Social scientist Gregory Bateson described the general concept of a double bind as "a situation in which
Occupational_inequality
Model of human interaction proposed in 1968
These include the Question Mark triangle, False Perception triangle, Double Bind triangle, The Indecision triangle, the Vicious Cycle triangle, Trapping
Karpman_drama_triangle
Methodology on technology control
to influence or control the further development of technology face a double-bind problem: An information problem: impacts cannot be easily predicted until
Collingridge_dilemma
American politician and diplomat (1935–2011)
111. Jamieson, Beyond the Double Bind, p. 129. Braden, Women Politicians and the Media, p. 110. Jamieson, Beyond the Double Bind, p. 107. Chaze, William
Geraldine_Ferraro
American actress
Year Title Role Notes 1992 The Trials of Rosie O'Neill N/A Episode: "Double Bind" 1992 Down the Shore Claire Episode: "A Tale of Two Houses" 1993–1995
Liza_Snyder
1996 novel by David Foster Wallace
16 (1): 141–142. CURTIS, PAUL M. "'Yo Man so What's Your Story': The Double Bind and Addiction in David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest." Mosaic: An Interdisciplinary
Infinite_Jest
Concept in psychology and psychotherapy
Co-rumination Covert incest Cross-generational sexual relationships Double bind Dysfunctional family Family nexus Folie à deux Harold Searles Parentification
Enmeshment
British actor
Order of the Phoenix (2007), Teenage James Potter Waking The Dead – "Double Bind" (2007), Young Chris Lennon Trial & Retribution XVII: Conviction (2008)
Robbie_Jarvis
20th-century field in anthropological studies
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National_character_studies
Philosophy terms referring to an observer versus the thing observed
model of the subject, in which the split subject is constituted by a double bind: alienated from jouissance when they leave the Real, enters into the
Subject and object (philosophy)
Subject_and_object_(philosophy)
English actor
2007 Waking the Dead Mark Lennon TV series; 2 episodes: "Double Bind: Part 1" "Double Bind: Part 2" 2010 Life of Riley Ben TV series; 1 Episode: "Crazy"
Hugh_Mitchell_(actor)
Structure formed by double-stranded molecules
groove and minor groove, many proteins which bind to B-DNA do so through the wider major groove. The double helix structure of DNA was first proposed by
Nucleic_acid_double_helix
2011 novel by Mieko Kawakami
Weekly. 2022-02-25. Retrieved 2022-10-29. Hamya, Jo (2022-04-30). "The Double Bind of the Feminine Ideal". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved
All_the_Lovers_in_the_Night
Topics referred to by the same term
2 deletion syndrome Catch Thirtythree, an album by Meshuggah Dilemma Double bind, a term for a common instance of the catch-22 logical conundrum in psychology
Catch-22_(disambiguation)
American folk musician
Tom Petty. Samuels released her debut full-length album in 2013 titled Double Bind. Samuels followed up that release in 2016 with her first EP titled Home
Johanna_Samuels
Hypnotic process
open, the harder it becomes to keep them open (otherwise known as a double-bind). The therapist then raises the subject's arm and allows it to drop,
Hypnotic_induction
Free choice in which only one option is actually offered
be acquired by not being in that very situation. Morton's fork, and a double-bind: Choices yield equivalent and, often, undesirable results. Blackmail
Hobson's_choice
Play by Selina Fillinger
On the other hand, and more happily, 'POTUS' lets us experience the double-bind of exceptional women unmediated by the men who depend on their complicity
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
POTUS:_Or,_Behind_Every_Great_Dumbass_Are_Seven_Women_Trying_to_Keep_Him_Alive
American politician and military officer (born 1981)
A Ron Paul Institute article thanked Gabbard for "seeing through the double-bind foreign policy trap of our bipartisan war policy". After a 2017 visit
Tulsi_Gabbard
American artist (born 1976)
Andrew Roth, New York, 2008. Leigh Ledare, et al. Milan: Mousse, 2012. Double Bind. Bruxelles, mfc-michèle didier, 2012. mfc-michèle didier. Anna and Carl
Leigh_Ledare
1983 book by Jean-François Lyotard
demands for proof of the Holocaust to show how the differend operates as a double bind. Faurisson argued that "the Nazi genocide of 6 million Jewish people
The_Differend
Colloquial version of Russell's paradox
List of paradoxes Self-reference List of self–referential paradoxes Double bind Principle of explosion Russell, Bertrand (1919). "The Philosophy of Logical
Barber_paradox
Type of persuasion technique
Sly One, Alfie Atkins! from 1977. Psychology portal Devil's advocate Double bind Streisand effect Reverse Psychology. Changingminds.org. Retrieved on
Reverse_psychology
Perfect Blue Double Bind 1997 In this psychological thriller, the main character has a minor role filming a fictional drama named Double Bind, which closely
List of films featuring fictional films
List_of_films_featuring_fictional_films
1967 film by Norman Jewison
of the Night at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films In the Heat of the Night: The Double Bind an essay by K. Austin Collins at the Criterion Collection
In the Heat of the Night (film)
In_the_Heat_of_the_Night_(film)
Unorthodox Scottish psychiatrist (1927–1989)
and Jay Haley articulated a theory of schizophrenia as stemming from double bind situations where a person receives different or contradictory messages
R._D._Laing
Social theory of Latin America
resilient, yet continuously oppressive way. A decolonial solution to this "double bind" of coloniality, Noble contends and referring especially to the work
Coloniality_of_power
1993 book by Paul Gilroy
1.172. ISSN 0027-4631. JSTOR 742521. Aronowitz, Stanley (1996). "The Double Bind". Transition (69): 222–235. doi:10.2307/2935249. ISSN 0041-1191. JSTOR 2935249
The_Black_Atlantic
American novelist
Bohjalian won the New England Book Award in 2002.[citation needed] The Double Bind was a Barnes & Noble Recommends Selection in 2007 and debuted at #3 on
Chris_Bohjalian
Malay shaman and traditional medicine practitioner
psychological anthropology Basic concepts Health Culture-bound syndrome Double bind Case studies Navajo medicine Related articles Nutritional anthropology
Bomoh
Collaboration between two French intellectuals (1972–1991)
University Press. Laurie, Timothy (2012), "Epistemology as Politics and the Double-Bind of Border Thinking: Lévi-Strauss, Deleuze and Guattari, Mignolo", PORTAL:
Deleuze_and_Guattari
American physician (1920 – 1968)
theory. One of the results of this research was the development of the double bind theory of schizophrenia. In 1958, he founded the Mental Research Institute
Donald_deAvila_Jackson
Set of procedures in which all doctors are trained
recovery models of mental disorders. For example, Gregory Bateson's double bind theory of schizophrenia focuses on environmental rather than medical
Medical_model
2000 film directed by Roger Spottiswoode
February 18, 2015. Turan, Kenneth (November 17, 2000). "Arnold Lands in a Double Bind". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 18, 2015. McCarthy, Todd (November
The_6th_Day
Concept of commodification of art
sexual revolution. Brave New World Circe Counterculture of the 1960s Double bind Lad culture Nostalgie de la boue Pornotopia Repressive tolerance Sex
Repressive_desublimation
Fabrication or exaggeration of victimhood
pattern of victimization has been internalised, perhaps in the form of a double bind. Object relations theory has explored the way possession by a false self
Playing_the_victim
Portuguese Naval officer
tell you the one who this letter brings.[1](in Portuguese) Put in a double bind, he faced the viceroy at the Battle of Diu which ended in victory for
Malik_Ayyaz
2005 novel by Caryl Phillips
the 'true' identity of the player. This catches the performer in the double bind of using the actor's art to confirm prejudices, which then blind their
Dancing_in_the_Dark_(novel)
French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist (1924-1998)
demands for proof of the Holocaust to show how the differend operates as a double bind. Faurisson argued that "the Nazi genocide of 6 million Jewish people
Jean-François_Lyotard
Certain types of human sexual activity as alternative to a romantic relationship
Elizabeth A. (23 September 2009). "Gendered Sexuality in Young Adulthood: Double Binds and Flawed Options". Gender & Society. 23 (5): 589–616. doi:10.1177/0891243209345829
Casual_sex
2008 Indian action drama film
Retrieved 5 July 2026 – via YouTube. Dhananjayan 2011, p. 307. "The "double-bind" of rage". Jump Cut. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved
Subramaniapuram
British actor (1927–2015)
Episode: “The Animal Within” Waking The Dead Dr. Raymond Parke Episode: “Double Bind” 2008 Spooks Bernard Qualtrough 4 episodes, released as MI-5 in USA 2013
Richard_Johnson_(actor)
Group of Sabbatean crypto-Jews in the Ottoman Empire
much sought after by libraries and collectors. Baer, Marc (2004). "The Double Bind of Race and Religion: The Conversion of the Dönme to Turkish Secular
Dönmeh
American actress
Episode: "Unfinished Business" 1992 The Trials of Rosie O'Neill Episode: "Double Bind" 1993 Melrose Place Therapist Episode: "State of Need" 1989, 1993 Matlock
Leslie_Wing
Real or apparent mutual contradiction between two ideas that exposes their misconceptions
Self-refuting idea Religion: Antinomianism (Christianity) Other: Oxymoron Double bind Antinomy, Encyclopædia Britannica Online, accessed 8/27/2016 Beck, Lewis
Antinomy
American media personality and decathlete (born 1949)
as a self-professed trans advocate has long put trans Americans in a double bind, forcing them to defend her from transphobic attacks while deploring
Caitlyn_Jenner
British actress
Impressions", "The Unforgiven" 2007 Waking the Dead Gloria Lennon Episodes: "Double Bind: Parts 1 & 2" 2008 Londyńczycy Janis Episodes: "1.5", "1.6" 2009 Law
Joanna_Hole
1966 film by Gillo Pontecorvo
Pontecorvo's use of fictional realism enables the movie "to operate along a double-bind as it consciously addresses different audiences." The film makes special
The_Battle_of_Algiers
Negative form of psychological control over another
Appeal to emotion Codependency Controlling behavior Coercive persuasion Double bind Family nexus Guilt trip Manipulation Mind games Persuasion Punishment
Emotional_blackmail
Australian television series
Thornton (for "Double Bind") Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama Nominated Kristen Dunphy (for "Double Bind") Best Screenplay
G.P.
1980 book by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari
ISBN 978-0801855795. Laurie, Timothy (2012). "Epistemology as Politics and the Double-Bind of Border Thinking: Lévi-Strauss, Deleuze and Guattari, Mignolo". PORTAL:
A_Thousand_Plateaus
Psychiatric and somatic symptoms experienced within a specific culture
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Culture-bound_syndrome
Book by Irvin D. Yalom
style that he placed patients in a contradictory situation, leading to a double bind. Concerning the therapeutic approach to increase patients' responsibility
Existential Psychotherapy (book)
Existential_Psychotherapy_(book)
1986 book by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
audience in the native language." Ngũgĩ, she notes, is caught in a "double bind"—bound by his desires to reach a global audience and to write to a "subaltern"
Decolonising_the_Mind
Theory of discrimination
Thomas, Sheila; Crenshaw, Kimberlé (Spring 2004). "Intersectionality: the double bind of race and gender" (PDF). Perspectives Magazine. American Bar Association
Intersectionality
American anthropologist (born 1959)
psychological anthropology Basic concepts Health Culture-bound syndrome Double bind Case studies Navajo medicine Related articles Nutritional anthropology
Tanya_Luhrmann
Australian film and TV awards ceremony
Masters G.P., Series 6 - Episode 13, 'Double Bind' (ABC) – Peter Andrikidis Police Rescue, Series 3 - Episode 12, 'Double Illusion' (ABC) – Sandra Levy, John
1994 Australian Film Institute Awards
1994_Australian_Film_Institute_Awards
American ecologist
conference was a landmark report, co-authored by Malcom, entitled The Double Bind: The Price of Being a Minority Woman in Science (1976). In 2003, the
Shirley_M._Malcom
American biochemist
Advancement of Science. This resulted in the publication of the report, The Double Bind: The Price of Being a Minority Woman in Science (1976) which made recommendations
Marie_Maynard_Daly
Negative perception of a person's morally motivated actions
climate change communication. Sparkman and Attari (2020) identified a "double bind" facing advocates for decarbonisation: while lifestyle inconsistency
Do-gooder_derogation
American anthropologist
psychological anthropology Basic concepts Health Culture-bound syndrome Double bind Case studies Navajo medicine Related articles Nutritional anthropology
Michelle_Rosaldo
1958 novel by Stanisław Lem
all-pervasive censorship and information control and stratification. Double bind Some other novels in which information manipulation is a major part of
Eden_(Lem_novel)
American legal academic (born 1959)
Crenshaw. Official website: kimberlecrenshaw.com "Intersectionality: The Double Bind of Race and Gender" Archived January 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
Kimberlé_Crenshaw
Scientific study of humans, human behavior, and societies
important than knowledge from the Western world. Exploring and addressing that double bias against women from marginalized racial or ethnic groups is of particular
Anthropology
American business executive (1968–2024)
Hern, Alex (March 21, 2017). "To censor or not to censor? YouTube's double bind". theguardian. Archived from the original on August 8, 2017. Retrieved
Susan_Wojcicki
Series of science fiction novels by Kim Stanley Robinson
candidates in Antarctica, which he describes as being a collection of double-bind requirements. Duval is assigned to accompany the Mars mission and is
Mars_trilogy
American actress
NCIS: New Orleans Michelle Gardner Episode: "Desperate Navy Wives" 2022 Bull Kyla Moore Episode: "Opening Up" FBI Liza Peters Episode: "Double Bind"
Annika_Boras
French anthropologist and philosopher (1923–2015)
Cliffs: Prentice Hall. ——— (1963), Dostoïevski, du double à l'unité [Dostoievsky, from the double to the unity] (in French), Paris: Plon (English translation:
René_Girard
Study of traditional medicine practiced in ethnic groups
psychological anthropology Basic concepts Health Culture-bound syndrome Double bind Case studies Navajo medicine Related articles Nutritional anthropology
Ethnomedicine
Historical Hindu practice of widow immolation
era and how the practise took the form of trapping women in India in a double bind of either self-expression attributed to mental illness and social rejection
Sati_(practice)
American medical anthropologist and physician (1959–2022)
psychological anthropology Basic concepts Health Culture-bound syndrome Double bind Case studies Navajo medicine Related articles Nutritional anthropology
Paul_Farmer
American fashion designer
2016 New York Fashion Week show. The featured collection was titled "Double Bind." His brand, Pyer Moss, won the FGI Rising Star Award in the menswear
Kerby_Jean-Raymond
Academic discipline and profession
the subject of many novels, including: Bohjalian, Chris (2007). The double bind: a novel (1st ed.). New York: Shaye Areheart Books. ISBN 978-1-4000-4746-8
Social_work
British author and secular activist
journeyScience and the road to reason: an ex-Muslim's journey". Double Bind Magazine. Double Bind. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 13
Aliyah_Saleem
Form of workplace bullying and no-win situation
directors can gain greater control of outstanding shares. Abilene paradox Double bind Jonah complex Moving the goalposts Planned obsolescence Self-sabotage
Setting_up_to_fail
Bulgarian philosopher (born 1941)
New York Press, 1992 Oliver, Kelly, Reading Kristeva. Unraveling the Double-bind, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1983 Wikiquote has quotations
Julia_Kristeva
Motif of medieval romance
reader this lesson, the Gawain-poet and the Bertilaks place him in a double bind where, no matter what, a game rule must be broken: if he forfeits his
Beheading_game
Clothing design controversy
the idea that boys should laugh at the joke at their expense creates a double bind for boys. Abercrombie & Fitch § Product criticism Gamergate – Misogynistic
Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them! controversy
Boys_are_stupid,_throw_rocks_at_them!_controversy
Zimbabwean actor (born 1947)
Episode: "A Golfer's Tale" 2007 Waking the Dead Daniel Lennon Episode: "Double Bind" The Time of Your Life Phil Miniseries 2008 EastEnders Edward 3 episodes
Miles_Anderson
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Girl/Female
Latin
Mistress of the home.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Money; Russian Currency
Boy/Male
Hindu
Born during the rainy season, Money
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Dibble.Altered spelling of German Deibel or Deubel.
Girl/Female
Scottish
From the Gaelic 'dubhglas' meaning dark water, dark stream, or from the dark river.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : nickname from Old French doubel ‘twin’ (literally ‘double’, from Late Latin duplus, classical Latin duplex, from du(o) ‘two’ + plek, a root meaning ‘fold’).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Coble.Americanized spelling of German Kobel.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : variant of Double.In some cases, probably an altered spelling of South German Dobel or Döbel, a topographic name for someone who lived in a gorge or deep valley, Middle High German southern dialect tobel.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin; perhaps derived from the vocabulary word soul as a term of affection.French (Soulé) : variant of Soulier 1.George Soule (1600–80), one of the passengers on the Mayflower in 1620, was one of the founders of Duxbury, MA, where he became comparatively wealthy. He left eight children.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Wombwell in South Yorkshire, named with the Old English byname Wamba meaning ‘belly’ (or this word used in a transferred topographical sense) + Old English well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the medieval personal name Dobbe, one of several pet forms of Robert in which the initial letter was altered. Compare Hobbs.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a variant of the medieval personal name Tebald, Tibalt (see Theobald).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Dowdell.Possibly an altered spelling of German Daudel, Dautel, variants of Dietz.
Male
English
English name derived from the vocabulary word, from Latin nobilis, NOBLE means "noble."
Surname or Lastname
French
French : from a reduced form of the Germanic personal name Hildo (see Hildebrand, Houde).French : habitational name from any of several places in Normandy called La Houle or Les Houles, named in Old French with the singular or plural of houle ‘cave’.English : variant of Hole.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Dubhghall, DOYLE means "black stranger."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a sickly person, from French debile ‘frail’, ‘weak’ (from Latin debilis).Americanized spelling of German Diebel.
Girl/Female
Christian, Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Money
Surname or Lastname
English
English : possibly a variant of Goble or Gobel.Perhaps an Americanized spelling of French Gobeil.
Boy/Male
British, Christian, English
Dark Water; In the Seventeenth Century; Diminutive of Douglas
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DOUBLE BIND
Boy/Male
American, British, English
From the Preserving Land; Island of the Strong-willed Manor Island of the Stubborn One
Boy/Male
Hindu
Hindu God of rain, A name of Lord Vishnu
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit, Telugu
Goddess Lakshmi
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Light of Candle
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Dorset)
English (mainly Dorset) : occupational name for a locksmith, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Old English loc ‘lock’, ‘fastening’ (see Lock, and compare Locker).
Girl/Female
British, English
Beautiful
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Peacock
Girl/Female
Hindu
Beautiful, Lovable act, Symbol, Body
Girl/Female
Spanish American Biblical
Brings light.
Girl/Female
Biblical
That drives away sorrow.
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imp. & p. p.
of Double
v. t.
To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder.
v. i.
To set up a word or words a second time by mistake; to make a doublet.
n.
One who, or that which, doubles.
adv.
In a double degree; doubly.
n.
The act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also, that which is doubled.
n.
Double-quick time, step, or march.
a.
Double; doubled; reduplicative; repeated.
n.
Double beer; strong beer.
n.
The state of being double or doubled.
n.
Among compositors, a doublet (see Doublet, 2.); among pressmen, a sheet that is twice pulled, and blurred.
n.
A game between two pairs of players; as, a first prize for doubles.
adv.
Twice; doubly.
n.
That which is doubled over or together; a doubling; a plait; a fold.
adv.
In twice the quantity; to twice the degree; as, doubly wise or good; to be doubly sensible of an obligation.
a.
To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
v. t.
To double the natural darkness of (a place).
a.
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.