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ninefold, a., n., and adv.|ˈnaɪnfəʊld|
[f. nine + -fold. Cf. MDu. neghenvout (Du. negenvoud), MLG. negenvalt, MHG. niunvalt.]
A. adj.
1. Nine times as great or numerous.
c1000ælfric Gram. xlix. (Z.) 285 Nouenarius niᵹonfeald. 1557Recorde Whetst. B ij, Noncupla. 9 to 1: 18 to 2..Ninefolde. 1598Florio, Nonoplo, nine-fold, nine double. 1817Shelley Rev. Islam viii. xxi. 7 On all beside It turns with ninefold rage. a1845Hood The United Family xxii, A ninefold woe remains behind. 1892Pall Mall G. 10 June 2/1 A ninefold fine should be exacted.
2. Consisting of nine folds or parts. Also (with n. in pl.): Nine in number.
1594Greene & Lodge Looking Gl. G.'s Wks. (Rtldg.) 129/2 Thy wickedness hath..pierced through nine-fold orbs of heaven. 1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. iii. Furies 269 Th' ever-shaking nine-fold steely bars Of Stygian Bridge. 1629Milton Hymn Nativ. xiii, With your ninefold harmony Make up full consort to th' Angelike symphony. 1667― P.L. ii. 436 This huge convex of Fire..immures us round Ninefold. 1807Crabbe Par. Reg. i. 93 Who simple truth with nine-fold reasons back. 1843Carlyle Past & Pr. (1858) 102 The ninefold Stygian Marshes. 1854Whittier To Chas. Sumner 9 He, for whom the ninefold Muses sang. 1896Kipling Seven Seas, Song of the English, Draw now the threefold knot firm on the ninefold bands.
Comb.c1590Greene Fr. Bacon xv, When every charmer with his magic spell Calls us from nine-fold trenched Phlegethon.
B. n.
†1. An amount nine times as great.
1602W. Fulbecke Pandects 80 If a thing of good value be taken awaie, they must render the nine-folde.
2. An attendant set of nine.
1605Shakes. Lear iii. iv. 126 He met the Night-Mare, and her nine-fold. 1814Scott Wav. xiii, On Hallow-Mass Eve the Night-Hag will ride, And all her nine-fold sweeping on by her side.
C. adv. To nine times the number.
1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. iii. I. 286 In Lancashire the number of inhabitants appears to have increased nine-fold. |