Fourfold

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fourfold \Four"fold`\, a. & adv. [AS. fe['o]werfeold.]
     Four times; quadruple; as, a fourfold division.
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           He shall restore the lamb fourfold.      --2 Sam. xii.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fourfold \Four"fold`\, n.
     Four times as many or as much.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fourfold \Four"fold`\, v. t.
     To make four times as much or as many, as an assessment; to
     quadruple.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fourfold
       adj 1: four times as great or many; "a fourfold increase in the
              dosage" [syn: {quadruple}]
       2: having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four
          beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire" [syn: {quadruple}, {quadruplicate},
           {quadruplex}]
       adv : by a factor of four; "the price of gasoline has increased
             fourfold over the past two years" [syn: {four times}]