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Definition of Sevenfold

1. Adjective. Having seven units or components.

2. Adverb. Seven times. "The population of this village increased sevenfold in the past 100 years"

Definition of Sevenfold

1. a. Repeated seven times; having seven thicknesses; increased to seven times the size or amount.

2. adv. Seven times as much or as often.

Definition of Sevenfold

1. Adjective. Seven times as much; multiplied by seven. ¹

2. Adjective. Having seven parts. ¹

3. Adverb. By a factor of seven. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sevenfold

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sevenfold

seven card stud seven deadly sins seven hundred seven hundred and fifty seven iron seven minutes in heaven seven o'clock seven seals seven seas seven second delay

seven thousand seven virtues sevendy sevener sevenfold (current term) sevenfoldness sevenish sevenless sevenling sevenness

sevennight sevennights sevenpence sevenpences sevenpenny sevens sevenscore sevensies sevensome

Literary usage of Sevenfold

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ocean of Theosophy by William Quan Judge (1893)
"And all these various powers and potentialities being well worked out in this slow but sure process, at last man is put upon the scene a sevenfold being ..."

2. History of New England by John Gorham Palfrey (1859)
"the first authenticated European explorations, oc- sevenfold cupied the country enclosed by the Gulf of Mex- division of ico, the Mississippi, ..."

3. The Bacchanals and Other Plays by Euripides by Euripides (1888)
"These bulwarks for their sevenfold gates renowned E'en now in arms approaching, he demands His father's sceptre, and an equal share Of the domain. ..."

4. Studies and Appreciations by William Sharp, Elizabeth Amelia Sharp (1912)
"THE sevenfold NEED IN LITERATURE (A Fragment) i. IDEA. ii. TECHNIQUE. in. SPONTANEITY OF IMPRESSION. FIDELITY OF OBSERVATION. SINCERITY IN EXPRESSION. ..."

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