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English Dictionary: two-fold by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
two-fold
adj
  1. 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
  2. twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is doubled"; "a twofold increase"
    Synonym(s): double, doubled, twofold, two-fold
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Twofold \Two"fold`\, a. [Cf. {Twifold}.]
      Double; duplicate; multiplied by two; as, a twofold nature; a
      twofold sense; a twofold argument.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Twofold \Two"fold`\, adv.
      In a double degree; doubly.
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