manifold

manifold
I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English manigfeald, from manig many + -feald -fold Date: before 12th century 1. a. marked by diversity or variety b. many 2. comprehending or uniting various features ; multifarious 3. rightfully so-called for many reasons <
a manifold liar
>
4. consisting of or operating many of one kind combined <
a manifold bellpull
>
manifoldly adverbmanifoldness noun II. adverb Date: before 12th century many times ; a great deal <
will increase your blessings manifold
>
III. verb Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to make manifold ; multiply 2. to make several or many copies of intransitive verb to make several or many copies IV. noun Date: circa 1823 something that is manifold: as a. a whole that unites or consists of many diverse elements <
the manifold of aspirations, passions, frustrations — Harry Slochower
>
b. a pipe fitting with several lateral outlets for connecting one pipe with others; also a fitting on an internal combustion engine that directs a fuel and air mixture to or receives the exhaust gases from several cylinders c. set 21 d. a topological space in which every point has a neighborhood that is homeomorphic to the interior of a sphere in Euclidean space of the same number of dimensions

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  • manifold — I adjective assorted, considerable, divers, diverse, diversified, innumerable, many, miscellaneous, multifarious, multifold, multiform, multiple, multiplex, multiplicate, multitudinous, myriad, numerous, populous, profuse, several, sundry,… …   Law dictionary

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