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manifold |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Manifold \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Manifold \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.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Manifold \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: manifold adj : many and varied; having many features or forms; "manifold reasons"; "our manifold failings"; "manifold intelligence"; "the multiplex opportunities in high technology" [syn: {multiplex}] n : a pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other pipes v 1: make multiple copies of "multiply a letter" 2: combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits" [syn: {multiply}]
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