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twofold

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twofold
Adjective
1. having twice as many or as much
2. composed of two parts
Adverb
by twice as many or as much
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Adj.1.twofoldtwofold - 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
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.twofoldtwofold - twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is doubled"; "a twofold increase"
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.twofoldtwofold - by a factor of two; "the price increased twofold last year"
Translations

twofold [ˈtuːfəuld] adv to increase twofold → duplicarse adj [increase] → doble; [reply] → en dos partes
twofold [ˈtuːfəuld] adv to increase twofold → doubler adj [increase] → de cent pour cent; [reply] → en deux parties
twofold [ˈtuːfəuld] two adv to increase twofold → um das Doppelte ansteigen adj [increase] → um das Doppelte; [aim, value etc] → zweifach
twofold [ˈtuːfəuld] adv to increase twofold → aumentare del doppio adj [increase] → doppio/a; [reply] → in due punti

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Now money-making, as we say, being twofold, it may be applied to two purposes, the service of the house or retail trade; of which the first is necessary and commendable, the other justly censurable; for it has not its origin in [1258b] nature, but by it men gain from each other; for usury is most reasonably detested, as it is increasing our fortune by money itself, and not employing it for the purpose it was originally intended, namely exchange.
Then the Isosceles classes, asserting that the Specimens were no longer used nor needed, and refusing to pay the customary tribute from the Criminal classes to the service of Education, waxed daily more numerous and more insolent on the strength of their immunity from the old burden which had formerly exercised the twofold wholesome effect of at once taming their brutal nature and thinning their excessive numbers.
Ye compass sea and land to make one prose- lyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
 
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