Man"i*fold (?), a. [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.
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Man"i*fold (?), n.
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.
3. pl.
The third stomach of a ruminant animal.
[Local, U.S.]
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Man"i*fold, v. 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.
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