Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TWICE
TWICE, adv. [from two.]
- Two times. He twice essay'd to cast his son in gold. Dryden.
- Doubly; as, twice the sum. He is twice as fortunate as his neighbor.
- Twice is used in composition; as in twice-told, twice-born, twice-planted, twice-conquered.
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