Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Twofold \Two"fold`\, a. [Cf. {Twifold}.]
Double; duplicate; multiplied by two; as, a twofold nature; a
twofold sense; a twofold argument.
Twofold \Two"fold`\, adv.
In a double degree; doubly.
Source : WordNet®
twofold
adj 1: having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or
qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor";
"the office of a clergyman is twofold; public
preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every
episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick
Harrison [syn: {double}, {dual}, {treble}, {threefold}]
2: twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is
doubled"; "a twofold increase" [syn: {double}, {doubled}]
adv : by a factor of two; "the price increased twofold last year"
[syn: {two times}]