Manifold
Manifold , adjective
[Anglo-Saxon manigfeald. See Many, and Fold.]
1.
Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated.
O Lord, how manifold are thy works!
I know your manifold transgressions.
2.
Exhibited at divers times or in various ways; -- used to qualify nouns in the singular number.
The manifold wisdom of God.
The manifold grace of God.
Collocations (1)
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 , noun
1.
A copy of a writing made by the manifold process.
2.
(Mechanics) 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.
3.
The third stomach of a ruminant animal. [Local, United States]
Manifold , transitive verb
To take copies of by the process of manifold writing; as, to manifold a letter.