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Threefold

Threefold Meaning & Definition
Threefold Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Threefold?

[adv] by a factor of three; "our rent increased threefold in the past five years"
[adj] 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
[adj] three times as great or many; "a claim for treble (or triple) damages"; "a threefold increase"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Threefold: double | dual | multiple | three times | treble | triple | twofold

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Threefold In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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