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† ˈtreblefold, a. and adv. Obs.
[f. treble + -fold.]
a. adj. Three times as great or numerous; threefold.
b. adv. Three times as much, thrice over.
1387–8T. Usk Test. Love i. iii. (Skeat) l. 152 Treble folde so mokell muste I suffer, ere tyme come of myne ease. 1561T. Hoby tr. Castiglione's Courtyer i. (1577) C vij, They speake accompanying euery worde with certaine treblefolde sighes. 1587Queen Elizabeth in H. Campbell Love Lett. Mary Q. Scots App. (1824) 62 God reward thee trebblefold in the double for the most troublesome charge so well discharged. |