NINEFOLD


Meaning of NINEFOLD in English

adj. /nuyn"fohld'/ ; adv. /nuyn"fohld"/ , adj.

1. nine times as great or as much.

2. having nine elements or parts.

adv.

3. in a ninefold manner or measure; to or by nine times as much: to increase one's income ninefold.

[ bef. 1000; NINE + -FOLD; cf. OE nigonfeald in same sense (not attested in ME) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .