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English Dictionary: threefold	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for threefold
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
threefold adv by a factor of three; "our rent increased threefold in the past five years" Synonym(s): threefold, three times adj three times as great or many; "a claim for treble (or triple) damages"; "a threefold increase" Synonym(s): treble, threefold, three-fold, triple having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison Synonym(s): double, dual, twofold, two-fold, treble, threefold, three- fold
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Threefold \Three"fold`\, a. [OE. [thorn]reofald; cf. AS. [thorn]r[c6]feald.] Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice. A threefold cord is not quickly broken. --Eccl. iv. 12.