Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Manifold \Man"i*fold\, a. [AS. manigfeald. See {Many}, and
   {Fold}.]
   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. ``The manifold
      wisdom of God.'' --Eph. iii. 10. ``The manifold grace of
      God.'' --1 Pet. iv. 10.

   {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.