fourfold
[fawr-fohld, fohr-]
- comprising four parts or members.
- four times as great or as much.
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- in fourfold measure.
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Origin of fourfold
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Contemporary Examples
Her basic argument, though it takes some work to decipher, is fourfold.
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The stock has risen more than fourfold since its low of July 2011 and has nearly tripled so far in 2012.
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Historical Examples
The bread that he had cast upon the waters was returning to him fourfold.
The Rock of ChickamaugaJoseph A. Altsheler
If I have taken anything from any man, I restore him fourfold.
How It All Came RoundL. T. Meade
In the case of a sheep slaughtered or sold the restitution was to be fourfold.
The Expositor's Bible:The Book of NumbersRobert A. Watson
By means of fourfold pulleys the lift is increased to 40 feet.
The Romance of Modern MechanismArchibald Williams
This process is fourfold, and the errors are in equal number.
Novum OrganumFrancis Bacon
fourfold
- equal to or having four times as many or as much
- composed of four parts
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- by or up to four times as many or as much
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