THREEFOLD - Definition

Pronunciation:		'three`fowld
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[adv] by a factor of three; "our rent increased threefold in the past five years" [adj] 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 [adj] three times as great or many; "a claim for treble (or triple) damages"; "a threefold increase"

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	Synonyms:	double, dual, multiple, three times, treble, triple, twofold


Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Three"fold`\, a. [OE. [thorn]reofald; cf. AS. [thorn]r[=i]feald.] Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice. A threefold cord is not quickly broken. --Eccl. iv. 12.