Manifold

a.	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. 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.
n.	1.	A copy of a writing made by the manifold process.
	2.	(Mech.) 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.
	3.	The third stomach of a ruminant animal.
v. t.	1.	To take copies of by the process of manifold writing; as, to manifold a letter. [imp. & p. p. Manifolded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Manifolding.]

Noun	1.	manifold - a pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other pipes
	2.	manifold - a lightweight paper used with carbon paper to make multiple copies; "an original and two manifolds" Synonyms: manifold paper
	3.	manifold - a set of points such as those of a closed surface or and analogue in three or more dimensions
Verb	1.	manifold - make multiple copies of; "multiply a letter"
	2.	manifold - combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits" Synonyms: multiply
Adj.	1.	manifold - many and varied; having many features or forms; "manifold reasons"; "our manifold failings"; "manifold intelligence"; "the multiplex opportunities in high technology" Synonyms: multiplex

allotropic, assorted, divers, diverse, diversified, diversiform, heteromorphic, heteromorphous, increased, many-sided, metamorphic, metamorphotic, miscellaneous, multifarious, multifold, multiform, multiphase, multiplex, multiplied, multitudinous, polymorphic, polymorphous, polynomial, protean, proteiform, sundry, varied

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