Sevenfold

//ˈsɛvənfoʊld// adj, adv

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. 2
    Having seven parts; composed of seven items. not-comparable

    "Come down to the sevenfold gates and harry the foemen away!"

Adjective
  1. 1
    having seven units or components wordnet
Adverb
  1. 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."

Adverb
  1. 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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