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thrice

  [thrahys] ,
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–adverb
1. three times, as in succession; on three occasions or in three ways.
2. in threefold quantity or degree.
3. very; extremely.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME thries, equiv. to obs. thrie thrice (OE thrīga) + -s -s 1
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thrice   (thrīs)   
adv.  

  1. Three times.

  2. In a threefold quantity or degree.

  3. Archaic Extremely; greatly.


[Middle English thries, adverbial genitive of thrie, from Old English thrīga; see trei- in Indo-European roots.]
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