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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Manifold \Man"i*fold\, noun
1. A copy of a writing made by the manifold process.
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.
3. pl. The third stomach of a ruminant animal. [Local, U.S.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Manifold \Man"i*fold\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Manifolded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Manifolding}.] To take copies of by the process of manifold writing; as, to manifold a letter.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Manifold \Man"i*fold\, adjective [AS. manigfeald. See {Many}, and {Fold}.]
1. Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated.
O Lord, how manifold are thy works! --Ps. civ. 24.
I know your manifold transgressions. --Amos v. 12.
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.
{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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
manifold
adjective: many and varied; having many features or forms; "manifold reasons"; "our manifold failings"; "manifold intelligence"; "the multiplex opportunities in high technology" [syn: {multiplex}]
noun
1: a pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other pipes
2: a lightweight paper used with carbon paper to make multiple copies; "an original and two manifolds" [syn: {manifold paper}]
3: a set of points such as those of a closed surface or and analogue in three or more dimensions
verb
1: make multiple copies of; "multiply a letter"
2: combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits" [syn: {multiply}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "manifold": allotropic, assorted, divers, diverse, diversified, diversiform, heteromorphic, heteromorphous, increased, many, many-sided, metamorphic, metamorphotic, miscellaneous, multifarious, multifold, multiform, multiphase, multiple, multiplex, multiplied, multitudinous, numerous, polymorphic, polymorphous, polynomial, protean, proteiform, sundry, varied, various
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