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twice (twīs)

adverb

  1. on two occasions or in two instances
  2. two times
  3. two times as much or as many; twofold; doubly

Etymology: ME twies < OE twiges < twiga, twice, akin to twa, two + -es, gen. sing. ending

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