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Meanings of threefold in English

Portuguese
três vezes
Spanish
por tres

By a factor of three.

        três vezes

        Having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson.

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            Usage of threefold in English
            1
            Great fall of China The reasons for this dramatic downturn were threefold.
            BBC
            2
            Prof. Anderson finds in the brothers the threefold Trinity of the Bible.
            The Woman's Bible
            3
            The death rate had increased threefold; the theaters were converted into hospitals.
            The Downfall
            4
            And at a word the threefold host rushed on to the charge.
            The World's Desire
            5
            All would be bound together in threefold cords of interest and affection.
            Sermons for the Times
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            Their mission is simple… The mission of The Rebel Legion is threefold.
            Wired
            7
            Now temporal goods can be foregone without prejudice to the threefold truth.
            Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
            8
            The bridgehead of Radymno consisted of a threefold line of field works.
            New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, ...
            9
            But this glass was thickly curtained with the material called Turkey-red, threefold.
            The Slave of the Lamp
            10
            According to the teaching of Scripture faith has thus a threefold value.
            Christianity and Ethics: A Handbook of Christian Ethics
            11
            Alcohol possesses three distinct properties, and consequently produces a threefold physiological effect.
            Fifteen Years in Hell: An Autobiography
            12
            Now servile work is so called from servitude: and servitude is threefold.
            Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
            13
            The women asked that what he did would return to him threefold.
            Drawing Down the Moon
            14
            And so his trick of sending Nora Taylor served a threefold purpose.
            The Big Fix
            15
            The urgency he was picking up from Fisher increased at least threefold.
            Worlds of Honor
            16
            However what the Nile takes he repays with threefold interest, they say.
            Letters from Egypt
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            três vezes
            Threefold through the time
            Threefold across language varieties
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