fivefold

English

Etymology

From Middle English fiffold, from Old English fīffeald. Equivalent to five +‎ -fold

Adjective

fivefold (not comparable)

  1. In fives; consisting of five in one; quintuple.

Translations

Adverb

fivefold (not comparable)

  1. By a factor of five.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for fivefold in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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