sevenfold
English
Etymology
From Middle English sevenefold, from Old English seofonfeald. Equivalent to seven + -fold.
Adjective
sevenfold (not comparable)
- Seven times as much; multiplied by seven.
- 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter I, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 731476803:
- “I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”.
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- Having seven parts; composed of seven items.
- 1908, Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead (transl.), The Seven Against Thebes in Four Plays of Aeschylus, page 120.
- Come down to the sevenfold gates and harry the foemen away!
- 1908, Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead (transl.), The Seven Against Thebes in Four Plays of Aeschylus, page 120.
Related terms
- seven
- seventh
Translations
multiplied by seven (adjective)
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having seven parts (adjective)
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Adverb
sevenfold (not comparable)
- By a factor of seven.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981:, Genesis 4:15
- And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
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Translations
by a factor of seven (adverb)
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References
- sevenfold in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- sevenfold in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Middle English
Adjective
sevenfold
- Alternative form of sevenefold
Adverb
sevenfold
- Alternative form of sevenefold