Both Uses of
manifold
in
All's Well That Ends Well, by Shakespeare
- I did think thee, for two ordinaries, to be a pretty wise fellow; thou didst make tolerable vent of thy travel; it might pass: yet the scarfs and the bannerets about thee did manifoldly dissuade me from believing thee a vessel of too great a burden.†
Scene 2.3 *
- This is your devoted friend, sir, the manifold linguist, and the armipotent soldier.†
Scene 4.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(manifold as in: reasons are manifold) many and varied
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Manifold can also be used as a noun to refer to a pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other pipes; such as "the intake manifold of an engine." A comprehensive dictionary will contain other, more specialized, meanings.