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severalfold

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sev⋅er⋅al⋅fold

  [sev-er-uhl-fohld, sev-ruhl-]
Use severalfold in a Sentence
–adjective
1. comprising several parts or members.
2. several times as great or as much: a severalfold increase.
–adverb
3. in severalfold measure.
Origin:
1730–40; several + -fold
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sev·er·al·fold   (sěv'ər-əl-fōld', sěv'rəl-)   
adj.  

  1. Having several parts or members.

  2. Being several times as much or as many.

sev'er·al·fold' adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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