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Manifold \Man"i*fold\, a. [AS. manigfeald. See {Many}, and
{Fold}.]
1. Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous;
multiplied; complicated.
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O Lord, how manifold are thy works! --Ps. civ. 24.
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I know your manifold transgressions. --Amos v. 12.
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2. Exhibited at divers times or in various ways; -- used to
qualify nouns in the singular number. "The manifold wisdom
of God." --Eph. iii. 10. "The manifold grace of God." --1
Pet. iv. 10.
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{Manifold writing}, a process or method by which several
copies, as of a letter, are simultaneously made, sheets of
coloring paper being infolded with thin sheets of plain
paper upon which the marks made by a stylus or a
type-writer are transferred; writing several copies of a
document at once by use of carbon paper or the like.
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Manifold \Man"i*fold\, n.
1. A copy of a writing made by the manifold process.
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2. (Mech.) A cylindrical pipe fitting, having a number of
lateral outlets, for connecting one pipe with several
others; as, the exhaust manifold of an automobile engine.
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3. pl. The third stomach of a ruminant animal. [Local, U.S.]
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Manifold \Man"i*fold\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Manifolded}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Manifolding}.]
To take copies of by the process of manifold writing; as, to
manifold a letter.
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