manifold
manifold is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 8 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.I know your manifold transgressions. Amos v.
- 2.2. Exhibited at divers times or in various ways; -- used to qualify nouns in the singular number. "The manifold wisdom of God." Eph. iii.
- 3."The manifold grace of God." 1 Pet. iv.
- 4.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.
- 5.A copy of a writing made by the manifold process.
- 6.(Mech.) A cylindrical pipe fitting, having a number of lateral outlets, for connecting one pipe with several others.
- 7.pl. The third stomach of a ruminant animal. [Local, U.S.]
- 8.To take copies of by the process of manifold writing; as, to manifold a letter.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- academician
- academist
- admirable
- all
- and
- antiquarian
- antiquary
- archaeologist
- assorted
- assortment
- bibliomaniac
- bibliophile
- bigwig
- bluestocking
- bookworm
- clerk
- connoisseur
- description
- desultory
- different
- discordant
- dissimilar
- dissimilarity
- divers
- diverse
- diversified
- diversity
- doctor
- doctrinaire
- don
- education
- epicene
- every
- feet
- fellow
- form
- genius
- genus
- glossographer
- good
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is manifold.
- What is i know your manifold transgressions. Amos v called?
- What is 2. Exhibited at divers times or in various ways; -- used to qualify nouns in the singular number. "The manifold wisdom of God." Eph. iii called?
- What is a copy of a writing made by the manifold process called?
- What is a cylindrical pipe fitting, having a number of lateral outlets, for connecting one pipe with several others called?
- What is pl. The third stomach of a ruminant animal. [Local, U.S.] called?
- What is to take copies of by the process of manifold writing; as, to manifold a letter called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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