Manifold

• POS: Adjective, Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: man=i=fold

CIDE DICTIONARY

Manifold, a. [AS. manigfeald. See Many, and Fold.].

•  Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated.  [1913 Webster]

  "O Lord, how manifold are thy works!"  [1913 Webster]

  "I know your manifold transgressions."  [1913 Webster]
•  Exhibited at divers times or in various ways; -- used to qualify nouns in the singular number.  [1913 Webster]

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.

Manifold, n. 

•  A copy of a writing made by the manifold process.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  The third stomach of a ruminant animal.  [1913 Webster]

Manifold, v. t. 

 To take copies of by the process of manifold writing; as, to manifold a letter.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Manifold, adj. & n.
--adj. literary 1 many and various (manifold vexations).
2 having various forms, parts, applications, etc.
3 performing several functions at once.
--n.
1 a thing with many different forms, parts, applications, etc.
2 Mech. a pipe or chamber branching into several openings.

Derivative

manifoldly adv. manifoldness n.

Etymology

OE manigfeald (as MANY, -FOLD)

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

Manifold

Writing

VB write, pen, copy, engross, write out, write out fair, transcribe, scribble, scrawl, scrabble, scratch, interline, stain paper, write down, sign, enface, compose, indite, draw up, draft, formulate, dictate, inscribe, throw on paper, dash off, manifold, take up the pen, take pen in hand, shed ink, spill ink, dip one's pen in ink.

Multiformity

N multiformity, omniformity, variety, diversity, multifariousness, varied assortment, dissimilarity, polymorphous, multiform, multifold, multifarious, multigenerous, multiplex, heterogeneous, diversified, dissimilar, various, varied, variform, manifold, many-sided, variegated, motley, mosaic, epicene, indiscriminate, desultory, irregular, mixed, different, assorted, mingled, odd, diverse, divers, all manner of, of every description, of all sorts and kinds, et hoc genus omne, and what not? de omnibus rebus et quibusdam aliis, jumbled, confused, mixed up, discordant, inharmonious, unmatched, unrelated, nonuniform, omniform, omnigenous, omnifarious, protean (form), harmoniously confused, variety's the very spice of life.

Multitude

N multitude, numerous, numerosity, numerality, multiplicity, profusion, legion, host, great number, large number, round number, enormous number, a quantity, numbers, array, sight, army, sea, galaxy, scores, peck, bushel, shoal, swarm, draught, bevy, cloud, flock, herd, drove, flight, covey, hive, brood, litter, farrow, fry, nest, crowd, lots, all in the world and his wife, greater number, majority, multiplication, multiple, many, several, sundry, divers, various, not a few, Briarean, a hundred, a thousand, a myriad, a million, a quadrillion, a nonillion, a thousand and one, some ten or a dozen, some forty or fifty, half a dozen, half a hundred, very many, full many, ever so many, numerous, numerose, profuse, in profusion, manifold, multiplied, multitudinous, multiple, multinominal, teeming, populous, peopled, crowded, thick, studded, galore, thick coming, many more, more than one can tell, a world of, no end of, no end to, cum multis aliis, thick as hops, thick as hail, plenty as blackberries, numerous as the stars in the firmament, numerous as the sands on the seashore, numerous as the hairs on the head, and what not, and heaven knows what, endless, their name is 'legion', acervatim, en foule, many- headed multitude, numerous as glittering gems of morning dew, vel prece vel pretio.