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Definition of Ninefold

1. Adjective. Having nine units or components.

2. Adverb. By a factor of nine. "My investment has increased ninefold"

Definition of Ninefold

1. a. Nine times repeated.

Definition of Ninefold

1. Adjective. having nine parts ¹

2. Adjective. having nine times as much or as many ¹

3. Adverb. By a factor of nine. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ninefold

1. nine times as great [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ninefold

nine eleven nine hundred nine iron nine lives nine mile fever nine o'clock nine one one nine points circle nine points circles nine thousand

nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine nine times nine to five ninebark ninebarks ninefold (current term) ninefoldness nineholes ninein nineish

nineness ninepence ninepences ninepenny ninepin ninepin ball ninepins niner nines ninescore

Literary usage of Ninefold

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Life and Public Services of Charles Sumner by Charles Edwards Lester (1874)
"That of Virginia had not doubled in sixty years, while that of New York had multiplied more than ninefold. A similar comparison may be made between Kentucky ..."

2. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"... it is that in which qualities abide, and in which action takes place. It is ninefold, viz., earth, water, light, air, ether, time, space, soul, ..."

3. Dictionary of the French and English Languages by Gabriel Surenne (1856)
"Nincompoop, s. niais, e ! aot, te ninefold, adj. neuf fois autant Nine, adj. neuf Ninepins, s. quilles, f. pl. ..."

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