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-fold definition

-fold (fōld)

  1. having (a specified number of) parts a tenfold division
  2. (a specified number of) times as many, as much, as large to profit tenfold

Etymology: ME -fold, -fald < OE -feald: see fold

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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