Manifold — Defs

01 a. Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated.

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.

Phrases & compounds

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.

02 n. A copy of a writing made by the manifold process.

1.
A copy of a writing made by the manifold process.
2.
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.(Mech.)
3.
The third stomach of a ruminant animal.[Local, U.S.]

03 v. t. To take copies of by the process of manifold writing; as, to manifold a letter.

imp. & p. p. Manifolded; p. pr. & vb. n. Manifolding

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To take copies of by the process of manifold writing; as, to manifold a letter.