A WORD A DAY.
MANIFOLD. . We find this word has a very simple derivation, biting but the Anglo-Saxon combination manigfeald, or “many fold,” hence it has to do with numbers and varieties. “Multifarious” should not be used as an exact synonym for this word for it stresses the differences, even the incongruities, of the elements involved; “manifold,” however, emphasizes the large number of forms, features, etc., or the variety of relations.
In relation to persons it also signifies variable, or in a complimentary way having many capacities. Things in which many elements of one kind are combined are manifold.
Both verb and noun have to do with copies made by writing or printing, manifold writing being a process of making several copies of a paper or letter by the use of such duplicating means as carbon paper. We emphasize the first syllable of manifold. Sound a as in am, i as in till, o as in old.
“O Lord, how manifold are thy works!”
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Southland Times, Issue 21428, 24 June 1931, Page 8
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164A WORD A DAY. Southland Times, Issue 21428, 24 June 1931, Page 8
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