Man"i*fold (?), a. [AS.
manigfeald. 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. [Local, U.S.]
Man"i*fold, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Manifolded (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Manifolding.] To take copies of by the process of
manifold writing; as, to manifold a letter.
