Hypertext Webster Gateway: "threefold"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Threefold \Three"fold`\, a. [OE. [thorn]reofald; cf. AS.
[thorn]r[=i]feald.]
Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as,
threefold justice.
A threefold cord is not quickly broken. --Eccl. iv.
12.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
threefold
adj 1: three times as great or many; "a claim for treble (or
triple) damages"; "a threefold increase" [syn: {treble},
{triple}]
2: 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 [syn: {double},
{dual}, {twofold}, {treble}]
adv : by a factor of three; "our rent increased threefold in the
past five years" [syn: {three times}]
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