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- adjective
Ninefold . - noun The
product ofmultiplying a given number by nine. - noun rare A
throw in which all of nine dice show the samevalue (anevent whoseprobability ofoccurring is 1,679,616 to 1). - verb transitive, rare
Make nine times greater; multiply by nine.
Etymologies
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First attested in adjectival use in 1557, in nominal use in 1636, and in verbal use in 1674; from the post-Classical Latin noncuplus ("nine times larger than"), from the Classical Latin nōnus ("ninth") + -cuplus; compare nonuple.
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