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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Threefold  \Three"fold`\,  a.  [OE.  [thorn]reofald;  cf  AS 
  [thorn]r[=i]feald.] 
  Consisting  of  three  or  thrice  repeated;  triple;  as 
  threefold  justice. 
 
  A  threefold  cord  is  not  quickly  broken.  --Eccl.  iv 
  12. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  threefold 
  adj  1:  three  times  as  great  or  many  "a  claim  for  treble  (or 
  triple)  damages";  "a  threefold  increase"  [syn:  {treble}, 
  {triple}] 
  2:  having  more  than  one  decidedly  dissimilar  aspects  or 
  qualities;  "a  double  (or  dual)  role  for  an  actor";  "the 
  office  of  a  clergyman  is  twofold;  public  preaching  and 
  private  influence"-  R.W.Emerson;  "every  episode  has  its 
  double  and  treble  meaning"-Frederick  Harrison  [syn:  {double}, 
  {dual},  {twofold},  {treble}] 
  adv  :  by  a  factor  of  three  "our  rent  increased  threefold  in  the 
  past  five  years"  [syn:  {three  times}] 




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