ninefold

[ adjective nahyn-fohld; adverb nahyn-fohld ]

adjective

1. nine times as great or as much.
2. having nine elements or parts.

adverb

1. in a ninefold manner or measure; to or by nine times as much:

   to increase one's income ninefold.

ninefold

/ ˈnaɪnˌfəʊld /

adjective

1. equal to or having nine times as many or as much
2. composed of nine parts

adverb

1. by or up to nine times as many or as much

Word History and Origins

Origin of ninefold¹

before 1000; nine + -fold; compare Old English nigonfeald in same sense (not attested in ME)

Example Sentences

It may not be; the unlovely pool locks them in her gloomy wave, and Styx pours her ninefold barrier between.

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Draw now the threefold knot firm on the ninefold bands, And the Law that ye make shall be law after the rule of your lands.

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And I praised her ninefold, and could have gone on for an hour.

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In the same period you may now put a girdle round the earth ninefold thick.

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By using a lever in this way, we increased our strength ninefold.

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