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Fourfold

 [fawr-fohld, fohr-]  

four·fold

   [fawr-fohld, fohr-]
adjective
1.
comprising four parts or members.
2.
four times as great or as much.
adverb
3.
in fourfold measure.

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Origin:
before 1000; Middle English foure fald, Old English feowerfealdum. See four, -fold
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fourfold (ˈfɔːˌfəʊld)
 
—adj
1.  equal to or having four times as many or as much
2.  composed of four parts
 
—adv
3.  by or up to four times as many or as much

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