'Threefold' definitions:
Definition of 'threefold'
(from WordNet)
adverb
By a factor of three; "our rent increased threefold in the past five years" [syn: threefold, three times]
adjective
Three times as great or many; "a claim for treble (or triple) damages"; "a threefold increase" [syn: treble, threefold, three-fold, triple]
adjective
Having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison [syn: double, dual, twofold, two-fold, treble, threefold, three- fold]
Definition of 'Threefold'
From: GCIDE
- Threefold \Three"fold`\, a. [OE. [thorn]reofald; cf. AS. [thorn]r[imac]feald.] Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice. [1913 Webster]
- A threefold cord is not quickly broken. --Eccl. iv. 12. [1913 Webster]