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threefold |
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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