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Webster 1913 Edition

Manifold

Man′i-fold

,
Adj.
[AS.
manigfeald
. See
Many
, and
Fold
.]
1.
Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated.
O Lord, how
manifold
are thy works!
Ps. civ. 24.
I know your
manifold
transgressions.
Amos v. 12.
2.
Exhibited at divers times or in various ways; – used to qualify nouns in the singular number.
“The manifold wisdom of God.”
Eph. iii. 10.
“The manifold grace of God.”
1 Pet. iv. 10.
Manifold writing
,
a process or method by which several copies, as of a letter, are simultaneously made, sheets of coloring paper being infolded with thin sheets of plain paper upon which the marks made by a stylus or a type-writer are transferred; writing several copies of a document at once by use of carbon paper or the like.

Man′i-fold

,
Noun.
1.
A copy of a writing made by the manifold process.
2.
(Mech.)
A cylindrical pipe fitting, having a number of lateral outlets, for connecting one pipe with several others;
as, the exhaust
manifold
of an automobile engine
.
3.
pl.
The third stomach of a ruminant animal.
[Local, U.S.]

Man′i-fold

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Manifolded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Manifolding
.]
To take copies of by the process of manifold writing;
as, to
manifold
a letter
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Manifold

MAN'IFOLD

,
Adj.
[many and fold.] Of divers kinds; many in number; numerous; multiplied.
O Lord, how manifold are thy works! Ps.104.
I know your manifold transgressions. Amos.5.
1.
Exhibited or appearing at divers times or in various ways; applied to words in the singular number; as the manifold wisdom of God, or his manifold grace. Eph.3. 1 Pet.4.

Definition 2024

manifold

manifold

See also: -manifold

English

Alternative forms

Noun

manifold ‎(plural manifolds)

  1. (now historical) A copy made by the manifold writing process.
  2. (mechanics) A pipe fitting or similar device that connects multiple inputs or outputs.
  3. (US, regional, in the plural) The third stomach of a ruminant animal, an omasum.
    • 1830 Anson, Somerset Co. Me., accessed 12 June 2007
      My conjecture being right he will find the third stomach, or manifolds, the seat of difficulty.
  4. (mathematics) A topological space that looks locally like the "ordinary" Euclidean space and is Hausdorff.
Derived terms
Translations

Adjective

manifold ‎(comparative more manifold, superlative most manifold)

  1. Various in kind or quality, diverse.
    The manifold meanings of the simple English word 'set' are infamous among dictionary makers.
  2. Many in number, numerous; multiple, multiplied.
  3. Complicated.
  4. Exhibited at diverse times or in various ways.
    c1384 ... the manyfold grace of God. — I Petre 4:10 (Wycliffe's Bible)
    1611 The manifold wisdom of God. — Ephesians 3:10. (w:King James Bible)
Derived terms
Translations

Adverb

manifold ‎(comparative more manifold, superlative most manifold)

  1. Many times; repeatedly.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xii:
      when his daughter deare he does behold, / Her dearely doth imbrace, and kisseth manifold.

Etymology 2

From Middle English manifolden, from Old English maniġfealdan ‎(“to multiply, abound, increase, extend, reward”), equivalent to many +‎ -fold. Cognate with Middle High German manecvalten, Icelandic margfalda ‎(“to multiply”), Swedish mångfaldiga ‎(“to manifold, reproduce”).

Verb

manifold ‎(third-person singular simple present manifolds, present participle manifolding, simple past and past participle manifolded)

  1. (transitive) To make manifold; multiply.
  2. (transitive, printing) To multiply or reproduce impressions of by a single operation.
Translations

Etymology

From Middle English manifold, from Old English maniġfeald ‎(“manifold, various, varied, complicated, numerous, abundant, plural”), from Proto-Germanic *managaz ‎(“many”) + *-falþaz ‎(“-fold”), equivalent to many +‎ -fold. Cognate with Middle High German manecvalt ‎(“manifold”), Icelandic margfaldr ‎(“multiple”). Compare also German mannigfaltig ‎(“various”), Dutch menigvoudig ‎(“various”), Danish mangefold ‎(“multiple”), Swedish mångfald ‎(“diversity”).

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