manifolder

Variant of manifold

adjective

  1. having many and various forms, features, parts, etc.: manifold wisdom
  2. of many sorts; many and varied; multifarious: used with a plural noun: manifold duties
  3. being such in many and various ways or for many reasons: a manifold villain
  4. comprising, consisting of, or operating several units or parts of one kind: said of certain devices

Origin: ME < OE manigfeald: see many & -fold

noun

  1. something that is manifold
  2. a pipe with one inlet and several outlets or with one outlet and several inlets, for connecting with other pipes, as, in an automobile, for conducting exhausts from each cylinder into a single exhaust pipe

transitive verb

  1. to make manifold; multiply
  2. to make more than one copy of: to manifold a letter with carbon paper

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