2. Adjective. (dated) many ¹
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Definition of Manyfold
1. by many times [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manyfold
Literary usage of Manyfold
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Staffordshire and the City and County by William White (1834)
"... seated on an eminence, bounded on the east hv the Dove, and on the west by
the manyfold, and distant 10 mile» NE of Leek. The market, held every Tuesday ..."
2. Peak Scenery; Or, The Derbyshire Tourist by Ebenezer Rhodes (1824)
"The river manyfold formerly flowed beneath the amphitheatrical sweep of wood that
forms ... Cannot the stream of the manyfold, where it first commences its ..."
3. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"which in this book are covered at SEXISM 1. manifold, manyfold The adjective
having such senses as “various” and “many” is spelled manifold: all are part of ..."
4. Parts of the body in older Germanic and Scandinavian by Torild Washington Arnoldson (1915)
"manyfold 133:10. ... the third stomach of ruminants, lit. manyfold. Compare for mg.
... omasum, lit. manyfold. Curly Bag 133:11. ..."
5. A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Compiled by Member of the Royal Geographical Society (1856)
"The glen of the Dove at Ham has been said to suggest recollections of some of
the wondrous ravines of the Alps. The vales of manyfold, the Humps, the Tean, ..."
6. Linguistic Studies in Germanic by Chicago University Staff (1915)
"manyfold 133:10. ... the third stomach of ruminants, lit. manyfold. Compare for mg.
... omasum, lit. manyfold. Curly Bag 133:11. ..."
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