fourfold

[ fawr-fohld, fohr- ]

adjective
  1. comprising four parts or members.

  2. four times as great or as much.

adverb
  1. in fourfold measure.

Origin of fourfold

1
before 1000; Middle English foure fald,Old English feowerfealdum.See four, -fold

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British Dictionary definitions for fourfold

fourfold

/ (ˈfɔːˌfəʊld) /


adjective
  1. equal to or having four times as many or as much

  2. composed of four parts

adverb
  1. by or up to four times as many or as much

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