a. [f. L. bifāri-us two-fold, double.]

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  1.  Two-fold, double, ambiguous. arch. or Obs.

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1656.  Blount, Glossogr., Bifarious, that which may be spoken two ways.

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1707.  E. Ward, Hud. Rediv., II. VII. 3. Some strange, mysterious Verity In old bifarious Prophesy.

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1770.  Month. Rev., 18. To exercise her bifarious talents.

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  2.  Bot. Ranged in two rows.

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1846.  Dana, Zooph. (1848), 645. Polyps seriate, or bifarious.

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1876.  Harley, Mat. Med., 380. Turmeric.—Leaves bifarious.

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