eight-fold

adjective

comprising eight parts or members.

eight times as great or as much.

adverb

in eightfold measure.

Origin:
1550–60; eight + -fold

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eightfold (ˈeɪtˌfəʊld)

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

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

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