Multidigitate
(Mul`ti*dig"i*tate) a. [Multi- + digitate.] Having many fingers, or fingerlike processes.

Multifaced
(Mul"ti*faced`) a. [Multi- + face.] Having many faces.

Multifarious
(Mul`ti*fa"ri*ous) a. [L. multifarius; multus much, many. Cf. Bifarious.]

1. Having multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; diversified; made up of many differing parts; manifold.

There is a multifarious artifice in the structure of the meanest animal.
Dr. H. More.

2. (Bot.) Having parts, as leaves, arranged in many vertical rows.

Multifariously
(Mul`ti*fa"ri*ous*ly), adv. With great multiplicity and diversity; with variety of modes and relations.

Multifariousness
(Mul`ti*fa"ri*ous*ness), n.

1. Multiplied diversity.

2. (Law) The fault of improperly uniting in one bill distinct and independent matters, and thereby confounding them. Burrill.

Multiferous
(Mul*tif"er*ous) a. [L. multifer; multus much, many + ferre to bear.] Bearing or producing much or many. [R.]

Multifid
(Mul"ti*fid) a. [L. multifidus; multus much, many + findere to split: cf. F. multifide.] (Bot.) Having many segments; cleft into several parts by linear sinuses; as, a multifid leaf or corolla.

Multiflorous
(Mul`ti*flo"rous) a. [L. multiflorus; multus much, many + flos, floris, flower: cf. F. multiflore.] (Bot.) Having many flowers.

Multiflue
(Mul"ti*flue) a. [Multi- + flue.] Having many flues; as, a multiflue boiler. See Boiler.

Multifoil
(Mul"ti*foil) n. [Multi- + foil.] (Arch.) An ornamental foliation consisting of more than five divisions or foils. [R.] See Foil.

Multifoil
(Mul"ti*foil), a. Having more than five divisions or foils.

Multifold
(Mul"ti*fold) a. [Multi- + fold.] Many times doubled; manifold; numerous.


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