manifold

a. [ AS. manigfeald. See Many, and Fold. ] 1. Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated. [ 1913 Webster ]

O Lord, how manifold are thy works! Ps. civ. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

I know your manifold transgressions. Amos v. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A copy of a writing made by the manifold process. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. The third stomach of a ruminant animal. [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having many folds, layers, or plates; as, a manifolded shield. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a manifold manner. [ 1913 Webster ]