[syn: fourfold, four times]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fourfold \Four"fold`\, n.
Four times as many or as much.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fourfold \Four"fold`\, v. t.
To make four times as much or as many, as an assessment; to
quadruple.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fourfold \Four"fold`\, a. & adv. [AS. fe['o]werfeold.]
Four times; quadruple; as, a fourfold division.
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He shall restore the lamb fourfold. --2 Sam. xii.
6.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fourfold
adv 1: by a factor of four; "the price of gasoline has increased
fourfold over the past two years" [syn: fourfold, four
times]
adj 1: four times as great or many; "a fourfold increase in the
dosage" [syn: quadruple, fourfold, four-fold]
2: having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four
beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire" [syn: quadruple,
quadruplicate, quadruplex, fourfold, four-fold]