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Webster 1913 Edition


Ten

Ten

(tĕn)
,
Adj.
[AS.
tēn
,
tién
,
tȳn
,
tēne
; akin to OFries.
tian
, OS.
tehan
, D.
tien
, G.
zehn
, OHG.
zehan
, Icel.
tīu
, Sw.
tio
, Dan.
ti
, Goth.
taíhun
, Lith.
deszimt
, Russ.
desiate
, W.
deg
, Ir. & Gael.
deich
, L.
decem
, Gr.
δέκα
, Skr.
daçan
. √308. Cf.
Dean
,
Decade
,
Decimal
,
December
,
Eighteen
,
Eighty
,
Teens
,
Tithe
.]
One more than nine; twice five.
With twice
ten
sail I crossed the Phrygian Sea.
Dryden.
Ten is often used, indefinitely, for several, many, and other like words.
There ’s a proud modesty in merit,
Averse from begging, and resolved to pay
Ten
times the gift it asks.
Dryden.

Ten

(tĕn)
,
Noun.
1.
The number greater by one than nine; the sum of five and five; ten units of objects.
I will not destroy it for
ten's
sake.
Gen. xviii. 32.
2.
A symbol representing ten units, as 10,
x
, or
X
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ten

TEN

,
Adj.
[L. decem.]
1.
Twice five; nine and one.
With twice ten sail I cross'd the Phrygian sea.
2.
It is a kind of proverbial number.
There's a proud modesty in merit,
Averse to begging, and resolv'd to pay
Ten times the gift it asks.
The meaning in this use is, a great deal more, indefinitely.

Definition 2024


tèn

tèn

See also: ten, Ten, TEN, tén, tên, and -ten

Limburgish

Noun

tèn n

  1. (uncountable) tin
  2. A part of tin