\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.

\Man"i*fold\, 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.

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

\Man"i*fold\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Manifolded}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Manifolding}.]
To take copies of by the process of manifold writing; as, to
manifold a letter.