ninefold

[ adjective nahyn-fohld; adverb nahyn-fohld ]

/ adjective ˈnaɪnˌfoʊld; adverb ˈnaɪnˈfoʊld /

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adjective

nine times as great or as much.

having nine elements or parts.

adverb

in a ninefold manner or measure; to or by nine times as much: to increase one's income ninefold.

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Origin of ninefold

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

Words nearby ninefold

nine ball, nine-banded armadillo, ninebark, nine days' wonder, nine-eleven, ninefold, ninepence, ninepenny, ninepins, nine plus two array, nine plus zero array

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How to use ninefold in a sentence

It may not be; the unlovely pool locks them in her gloomy wave, and Styx pours her ninefold barrier between.
The Aeneid of Virgil|Virgil
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.
A Song of the English|Rudyard Kipling
And I praised her ninefold, and could have gone on for an hour.
Dariel|R. D. Blackmore
In the same period you may now put a girdle round the earth ninefold thick.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 17, No. 97, January, 1876|Various

By using a lever in this way, we increased our strength ninefold.
A Book of Exposition|Homer Heath Nugent

British Dictionary definitions for ninefold

ninefold

/ (ˈnaɪnˌfəʊld) /

adjective

equal to or having nine times as many or as much

composed of nine parts

adverb

by or up to nine times as many or as much

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