Associations to the word «Threefold»

Wiktionary

THREEFOLD, adjective. Three times as great
THREEFOLD, adjective. Triple
THREEFOLD, adverb. By a factor of three
THREEFOLD, noun. (mathematics) An algebraic variety of degree 3.
THREEFOLD LAW, noun. (Wicca) A key tenet of Wicca establishing that magick white magick and black magick are multiplied by three and returned to whom conjures it used to warn users.

Dictionary definition

THREEFOLD, adverb. By a factor of three; "our rent increased threefold in the past five years".
THREEFOLD, adjective. Three times as great or many; "a claim for treble (or triple) damages"; "a threefold increase".
THREEFOLD, adjective. Having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison.

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