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See Many, and Fold.]
1. Various in kind or quality; many in number;
numerous; multiplied; complicated.

O Lord, how manifold are thy
works!

Ps. civ. 24.

I know your manifold
transgressions.

Amos v. 12.

2. Exhibited at divers times or in various
ways; -- used to qualify nouns in the singular number. "The
manifold wisdom of God." Eph. iii. 10. "The
manifold grace of God." 1 Pet. iv. 10.

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.

Man"i*fold (?), n. 1.
A copy of a writing made by the manifold process.

2. (Mech.) A cylindrical pipe fitting,
having a number of lateral outlets, for connecting one pipe with
several others.

3. pl. The third stomach of a ruminant
animal.

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