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fourfold

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fourfold
Adjective
1. having four times as many or as much
2. composed of four parts
Adverb
by four times as many or as much
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Adj.1.fourfold - four times as great or many; "a fourfold increase in the dosage"
four-fold, quadruple
multiple - having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual; "multiple birth"; "multiple ownership"; "made multiple copies of the speech"; "his multiple achievements in public life"; "her multiple personalities"; "a pineapple is a multiple fruit"
2.fourfold - having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire"
four-fold, quadruple, quadruplex, quadruplicate
multiple - having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual; "multiple birth"; "multiple ownership"; "made multiple copies of the speech"; "his multiple achievements in public life"; "her multiple personalities"; "a pineapple is a multiple fruit"
Adv.1.fourfold - by a factor of four; "the price of gasoline has increased fourfold over the past two years"
four times


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Ultimately some of the minor spars did go - nothing important: spanker-booms and such-like - because at times the frightful impetus of her rolling would part a fourfold tackle of new three- inch Manilla line as if it were weaker than pack-thread.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
If perchance thou art left a widower- a thing which may happen- and in virtue of thy office seekest a consort of higher degree, choose not one to serve thee for a hook, or for a fishing-rod, or for the hood of thy 'won't have it;' for verily, I tell thee, for all the judge's wife receives, the husband will be held accountable at the general calling to account; where he will have repay in death fourfold, items that in life he regarded as naught.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
Some minutes later a fourfold telegram was sent out--the first to the Naval Secretary at Washington; the second to the vice-president of the Gun Club, Baltimore; the third to the Hon.
Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
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