THRICE, adverb [from three; perhaps three, and Latin vice.] 1. Three times. Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice Matthew 26:34. 2. Sometimes used by way of amplification; very. THRICE noble Lord, let me entreat of you To pardon me.
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