Sevenfold
adj, adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Seven times as much; multiplied by seven. not-comparable
"“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”."
- 2 Having seven parts; composed of seven items. not-comparable
"Come down to the sevenfold gates and harry the foemen away!"
- 1 having seven units or components wordnet
- 1 By a factor of seven. not-comparable
"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."
- 1 seven times wordnet
Example
More examples"And the Lord said to him: No, it shall not so be: but whosoever shall kill Cain, shall be punished sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, that whosoever found him should not kill him."
Etymology
From Middle English sevenefold, from Old English seofonfeald. Equivalent to seven + -fold.
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