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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
threefold
    adv 1: by a factor of three; "our rent increased threefold in
           the past five years" [syn: threefold, three times]
    adj 1: three times as great or many; "a claim for treble (or
           triple) damages"; "a threefold increase" [syn: treble,
           threefold, three-fold, triple]
    2: 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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Threefold \Three"fold`\, a. [OE. [thorn]reofald; cf. AS.
   [thorn]r[imac]feald.]
   Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as,
   threefold justice.
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         A threefold cord is not quickly broken.  --Eccl. iv.
                                                  12.
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