ninefoldadj.adv.n.

Brit.

/ˈnʌɪnfəʊld/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪnˌfoʊld/

Forms: see nine adj. and -fold suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nine adj. and n., -fold suffix.

Etymology: < nine adj. and n. + -fold suffix. Compare Middle Dutch neghenvout, negenvalt (Dutch negenvoud), Middle High German niunvalt.In sense C. 2 perhaps with reference to the nine orders of angels or demons (see nine adj. 2a and order n. 1).

A. adj.

1. Nine times as great or as numerous; grown or increased by a factor of nine.

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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > nine > [adjective] > nine times as much

ninefoldOE

noncuple1557

nine double1598

OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 285 Nouenarius nigonfeald.

c1450 (c1405) Mum & Sothsegger (BL Add. 41666) (1936) 237 How cans þou þe excuse That þou ne art nycier þan a nunne nyne-folde tyme.

1557 R. Record Whetstone of Witte sig. Bii Noncupla, 9 to 1: 18 to 2..Ninefolde.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Nine-fold, nine double.

1650 A. Bradstreet Tenth Muse 192 Are not his Tragick Comedies so acted, As if your nine-fold wit had been compacted.

1794 W. Blake Poetry (1965) i. ii. 69 Times on times he divided, & measur'd Space by space in his ninefold darkness Unseen, unknown!

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna viii. xxi. 187 On all beside It turns with ninefold rage.

1835 T. Hood United Family in Comic Ann. 161 A ninefold woe remains behind.

1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 June 2/1 A ninefold fine should be exacted.

1919 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 27 381 On January 1, 1919, over 70 per cent of the yards had safety organizations, or nearly a ninefold increase over the number six months before.

1977 Lancet 23 Apr. 888/2 The measure of the risk varied according to the sex of the sibs: in those of the same sex the risk was at least nine-fold.

2. Having nine parts, divisions, or elements. Also (with n. plural): nine in number (now rare).

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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > nine > [adjective] > ninefold or consisting of nine

ninefold1557

novenary1603

novennal1716

1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. N.i Uranie, her globes to view all bent, The ninefolde heauen obserues with fixed face.

a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. H4 When euerie charmer with his Magick spels Cals vs from nine-fold trenched Blegiton.

1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. D4^v Thy wickednesse hath..pierced through the ninefold orbes of heauen.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 336 Th' euer-shaking nine-fold steely barres Of Stigian Bridge.

1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn xiii, in Poems 7 With your ninefold harmony Make up full consort to th' Angelike symphony.

1645 J. A. Rivers Sad Condition of Distracted Kingdom 18 'Tis certain there's..as much skill to make a Gnat or Flye, As to create the ninefold Hierarchy.

1793 H. Boyd Helots i. ii. 17 Young man, you aim aright! It is a ninefold charm.

1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 37 Who simple Truth with nine-fold Reasons back.

1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. i. 54 The ninefold Stygian Marshes.

1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 17 Draw now the threefold knot firm on the ninefold bands.

1904 E. Myers Gathered Poems 88 If the grave And ninefold Stygian wave Held her sad shade.

1961 E. Sherburne Poems & Transl. 33 And of the Walk which oft she came and went, The Ninefold Round he saw.

1988 Nature 10 Mar. 183/1 Some algal classes evolved even before the invention of the enneanema (the cilium or flagellum of nine-fold symmetry that characterizes all animals and almost all other plants).

B. adv.

By a factor of nine; nine times.

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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > nine > [adverb] > ninefold

ninefold1849

1594 Zepheria xii. sig. C2^v How oft haue I thy precious cheyne bin fingring, That ninefold circles thy delicious neck.

1618 G. Chapman tr. Hesiod Georgicks 39 The Harts, Triples in durance; all the Rauens long Date, The Phoenix, ninefolde doth reduplicate.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 436 Our prison strong..immures us round Ninefold .

1796 S. Bishop Poet. Wks. 277 Not a cat, tho' cats Fate spins ninefolde the thread, Has so many lives.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 286 In Lancashire the number of inhabitants appears to have increased nine-fold.

1855 De Bow's Rev. Aug. 163 In sixty years the Baptist churches have increased tenfold, their ministers ninefold, and their members more than thirteenfold!

1897 N. Amer. Rev. Aug. 187 Such has been the industry of the Western farmers that their wealth increased ninefold in 40 years.

1924 Polit. Sci. Q. 39 128 By the end of the war, although the customs revenues had actually declined, the internal revenues had multiplied more than ninefold.

1987 Nature 19 Mar. 241/3 Fish predation on zooplankton reduces zooplankton biomass ninefold in lakes with fish compared with lakes without fish.

†C. n.

1. An amount nine times as great. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > nine > [noun] > nine times as much

ninefold1602

noncuple1690

1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 80 If a thing of good value be taken awaie, they must render the nine-folde.

2. An attendant set of nine (demons, etc.). Obsolete.In later use only archaic and poetic, after Shakespeare.

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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > set of nine

ninefold1608

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xi. 110 He met the night mare and her nine fold.

1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xiii. 189 On Hallow-Mass Eve the Night-Hag will ride, All her nine-fold sweeping on by her side.

1820 W. Irving Legend Sleepy Hollow in Sketch Bk. vi. 54 The whole neighbourhood abounds with local tales, haunted spots, and twilight superstitions;..and the night-mare, with her whole nine fold, seems to make it the favourite scene of her gambols.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ninefold
释义	ninefoldadj.adv.n. Brit. /ˈnʌɪnfəʊld/, U.S. /ˈnaɪnˌfoʊld/ Forms: see nine adj. and -fold suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nine adj. and n., -fold suffix. Etymology: < nine adj. and n. + -fold suffix. Compare Middle Dutch neghenvout, negenvalt (Dutch negenvoud), Middle High German niunvalt.In sense C. 2 perhaps with reference to the nine orders of angels or demons (see nine adj. 2a and order n. 1). A. adj. 1. Nine times as great or as numerous; grown or increased by a factor of nine. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > nine > [adjective] > nine times as much ninefoldOE noncuple1557 nine double1598 OE Ælfric Gram. (St. John's Oxf.) 285 Nouenarius nigonfeald. c1450 (c1405) Mum & Sothsegger (BL Add. 41666) (1936) 237 How cans þou þe excuse That þou ne art nycier þan a nunne nyne-folde tyme. 1557 R. Record Whetstone of Witte sig. Bii Noncupla, 9 to 1: 18 to 2..Ninefolde. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Nine-fold, nine double. 1650 A. Bradstreet Tenth Muse 192 Are not his Tragick Comedies so acted, As if your nine-fold wit had been compacted. 1794 W. Blake Poetry (1965) i. ii. 69 Times on times he divided, & measur'd Space by space in his ninefold darkness Unseen, unknown! 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna viii. xxi. 187 On all beside It turns with ninefold rage. 1835 T. Hood United Family in Comic Ann. 161 A ninefold woe remains behind. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 June 2/1 A ninefold fine should be exacted. 1919 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 27 381 On January 1, 1919, over 70 per cent of the yards had safety organizations, or nearly a ninefold increase over the number six months before. 1977 Lancet 23 Apr. 888/2 The measure of the risk varied according to the sex of the sibs: in those of the same sex the risk was at least nine-fold. 2. Having nine parts, divisions, or elements. Also (with n. plural): nine in number (now rare). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > nine > [adjective] > ninefold or consisting of nine ninefold1557 novenary1603 novennal1716 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. N.i Uranie, her globes to view all bent, The ninefolde heauen obserues with fixed face. a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. H4 When euerie charmer with his Magick spels Cals vs from nine-fold trenched Blegiton. 1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. D4^v Thy wickednesse hath..pierced through the ninefold orbes of heauen. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 336 Th' euer-shaking nine-fold steely barres Of Stigian Bridge. 1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn xiii, in Poems 7 With your ninefold harmony Make up full consort to th' Angelike symphony. 1645 J. A. Rivers Sad Condition of Distracted Kingdom 18 'Tis certain there's..as much skill to make a Gnat or Flye, As to create the ninefold Hierarchy. 1793 H. Boyd Helots i. ii. 17 Young man, you aim aright! It is a ninefold charm. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 37 Who simple Truth with nine-fold Reasons back. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. i. 54 The ninefold Stygian Marshes. 1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 17 Draw now the threefold knot firm on the ninefold bands. 1904 E. Myers Gathered Poems 88 If the grave And ninefold Stygian wave Held her sad shade. 1961 E. Sherburne Poems & Transl. 33 And of the Walk which oft she came and went, The Ninefold Round he saw. 1988 Nature 10 Mar. 183/1 Some algal classes evolved even before the invention of the enneanema (the cilium or flagellum of nine-fold symmetry that characterizes all animals and almost all other plants). B. adv. By a factor of nine; nine times. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > nine > [adverb] > ninefold ninefold1849 1594 Zepheria xii. sig. C2^v How oft haue I thy precious cheyne bin fingring, That ninefold circles thy delicious neck. 1618 G. Chapman tr. Hesiod Georgicks 39 The Harts, Triples in durance; all the Rauens long Date, The Phoenix, ninefolde doth reduplicate. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 436 Our prison strong..immures us round Ninefold . View more context for this quotation 1796 S. Bishop Poet. Wks. 277 Not a cat, tho' cats Fate spins ninefolde the thread, Has so many lives. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 286 In Lancashire the number of inhabitants appears to have increased nine-fold. 1855 De Bow's Rev. Aug. 163 In sixty years the Baptist churches have increased tenfold, their ministers ninefold, and their members more than thirteenfold! 1897 N. Amer. Rev. Aug. 187 Such has been the industry of the Western farmers that their wealth increased ninefold in 40 years. 1924 Polit. Sci. Q. 39 128 By the end of the war, although the customs revenues had actually declined, the internal revenues had multiplied more than ninefold. 1987 Nature 19 Mar. 241/3 Fish predation on zooplankton reduces zooplankton biomass ninefold in lakes with fish compared with lakes without fish. †C. n. 1. An amount nine times as great. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > nine > [noun] > nine times as much ninefold1602 noncuple1690 1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 80 If a thing of good value be taken awaie, they must render the nine-folde. 2. An attendant set of nine (demons, etc.). Obsolete.In later use only archaic and poetic, after Shakespeare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > set of nine ninefold1608 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xi. 110 He met the night mare and her nine fold. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xiii. 189 On Hallow-Mass Eve the Night-Hag will ride, All her nine-fold sweeping on by her side. View more context for this quotation 1820 W. Irving Legend Sleepy Hollow in Sketch Bk. vi. 54 The whole neighbourhood abounds with local tales, haunted spots, and twilight superstitions;..and the night-mare, with her whole nine fold, seems to make it the favourite scene of her gambols. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.n.OE
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