thousandfold

thousandfold
adj. /thow"zeuhnd fohld'/; adv. /thow"zeuhnd fohld"/, adj.
1. having a thousand elements or parts.
2. a thousand times as great or as much.
adv.
3. in a thousandfold manner or measure.
[bef. 1000; ME thowsand folde, OE thusendfealde. See THOUSAND, -FOLD]

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