fourfold

[fawr-fohld, fohr-]

adjective

comprising four parts or members.
four times as great or as much.

adverb

in fourfold measure.

Origin of fourfold

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

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Contemporary Examples of fourfold

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Historical Examples of fourfold

The bread that he had cast upon the waters was returning to him fourfold.
The Rock of Chickamauga
Joseph A. Altsheler
If I have taken anything from any man, I restore him fourfold.
How It All Came Round
L. T. Meade
In the case of a sheep slaughtered or sold the restitution was to be fourfold.
The Expositor's Bible:The Book of Numbers
Robert A. Watson
By means of fourfold pulleys the lift is increased to 40 feet.
The Romance of Modern Mechanism
Archibald Williams
This process is fourfold, and the errors are in equal number.
Novum Organum
Francis Bacon

British Dictionary definitions for fourfold

fourfold

adjective

equal to or having four times as many or as much
composed of four parts

adverb

by or up to four times as many or as much

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Word Origin and History for fourfold

adj.

Old English feowerfeald; see four + -fold.