sixfold

[siks-fohld]

adjective

having six elements or parts.

six times as great or as much.

adverb

in sixfold measure.

Origin of sixfold

before 1000; Middle English sexfold, Old English sixfeald. See six, -fold

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Historical Examples of sixfold

The principal axis of symmetry is sixfold by a combination of rotation and reflection.
Geology
William J. Miller
These parallel texts were known by the name of the Hexapla (sixfold).
History of the Jews, Vol. II (of 6)
Heinrich Graetz
It is rather a prayer to the Virgin, ending with a sixfold Amen.
Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations
Therese Albertine Louise von Jacob Robinson
Purification is treated at great length in the later treatises on Haṭha-yoga under the name of Shaṭ-karma or sixfold work.
Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3)
Charles Eliot
And he was not mistaken; sixfold, wet and heavy, his big kerchief that he had left in the hut lay upon his head.
Moni the Goat Boy and Other Stories
Johanna Spyri

British Dictionary definitions for sixfold

sixfold

adjective

equal to or having six times as many or as much

composed of six parts

adverb

by or up to six times as many or as much

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Word Origin and History for sixfold

adj.

Old English sixfeald; see six + -fold. Cf. Danish sexfold, Dutch zes-voudig; German sechsfältig, Swedish sexfaldig.