a. [f. BI- pref.2 + FOLD.] Double, twofold; of two kinds, degrees, etc.

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1609.  Shaks., Tr. & Cr., V. ii. 144 (Qo.). O madnesse of discourse, that cause sets up with and against it selfe, Byfould authority. [1 Fol. By foule authoritie. Globe Bi-fold authority!]

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1818.  J. Brown, Psyche, 85. Like Janus with his bifold faces.

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1876.  Emerson, Ess., Ser. I. vii. 186. The scholar shames us by his bifold lie.

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