† treblefoldadj.adv.
Obsolete.
A. adj.
Three times as great or numerous; threefold.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > condition of being threefold > [adjective]
thrilec725
threefoldc1000
treblec1374
trinec1386
thrinfalda1400
tripartitec1420
triparted1429
ternaryc1430
trinary1474
triplicate?a1475
trivial?a1475
triplage1526
threefolded1528
triple1552
treblefold1561
trifold1578
trinal1590
tripart1592
ternal1599
triplexa1616
tergeminous1656
ternarious1656
triplasian1678
triplet1697
ternarian1732
triangular1812
Trinitarian1812
triplasic1864
three-body1936
triplexed1974
1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer i. sig. B*.iii They speake, accompanyinge euerye woorde wyth certeyne treblefolde syghes.
B. adv.
Three times as much, thrice over.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > multiplication by three > [adverb]
treble13..
thricea1400
threefoldc1400
treblefold1532
triplefold1570
triplewise1594
triple1606
1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxix Treble folde, so mokel muste I suffer, er tyme come of myn ease.
1587 Queen Elizabeth I Let. in H. Campbell Love Lett. Mary Queen of Scots (1824) App. 62 God reward thee trebblefold in the double for the most troublesome charge so well discharged.
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