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Ninefold

[adj. nahyn-fohld; adv. nahyn-fohld]

adjective

nine times as great or as much.

having nine elements or parts.

adverb

in a ninefold manner or measure; to or by nine times as much: to increase one's income ninefold.

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Origin:
before 1000; nine + -fold; compare Old English nigonfeald in same sense (not attested in ME)

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ninefold (ˈnaɪnˌfəʊld)

—*adj*
1.	equal to or having nine times as many or as much
2.	composed of nine parts

—*adv*
3.	by or up to nine times as many or as much

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