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thousandfold, a., adv., and n.|ˈθaʊzəndfəʊld|
[OE. þúsendfeald: see thousand and -fold.]
A. adj. One thousand times as much or many; consisting of a thousand parts; a thousand times repeated or multiplied.
c1000ælfric Hom. II. 576 Salomon..ᵹeoffrode him..þusendfealde onsæᵹednyssa æt anre offrunge. a1023Wulfstan Hom. xlvii. (Napier) 243 Ðæt þusendfeald ᵹetæl is fulfremed. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 191 Mid þusendfeld wrenches he þe herte to-wendeð. 1840Carlyle Heroes i, How such light will then shine out, and with wondrous thousandfold expansion spread itself. 1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Note-Bks. (1872) I. 45 This bustle and babble; this thousand-fold talk.
B. adv. A thousand times (in amount); a thousand times as much. (Usually a thousandfold.)
a1225Leg. Kath. 2323 Þæt þing..schal arisen, þurh þæt fal, a þusentfalt te fehere..to lif undeðlich. c1374Chaucer Troylus i. 819 A guerdoun..A þowsand folde more þan he kan deserue. a1500Chester Pl. i. 144 Brighter then god a thowsand fould. 1586A. Day Eng. Secretary ii. (1625) 86 Thou hast..heaped mischiefe a thousandfold to thy selfe. 1681–6J. Scott Chr. Life ii. i. §3 Our sincere Compliance with the immutable Obligations of Piety and Vertue, is a Thousandfold more acceptable to God, than [etc.]. 1872Morley Voltaire i. (1886) 10 The sacrifice may repay itself a thousand-fold.
†b. A thousand times (in succession). rare—1.
1500–20Dunbar Poems xlix. 37 War the fox tane a thousand fawd, And grace him gevin als oft for frawd.
C. n. A thousand times the amount or number.
a1711Ken Sion Poet. Wks 1721 IV. 370 The Son ador'd and nurs'd by the sweet Maid, A thousand-fold of Love for Love repaid.
Hence ˈthousandˌfoldly adv. = B. rare—1.
1829Coleridge Improvisatore Poems II. 130 In the person of a thousand-foldly endeared partner. |