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Webster 1913 Edition
Forty
For′ty
(fôr′ty̆)
, Adj.
[OE.
forti
, fourti
, fowerti
, AS. feówertig
; feówer
four + suff. -tig
ten; akin to OS. fiwartig
, fiartig
, D. veertig
, G. vierzig
, Icel. fjörutīu
, Sw. fyratio
, Dan. fyrretyve
, Goth. fidwōr tigjus
. See Four
, and Ten
, and cf. Fourteen
.] Four times ten; thirty-nine and one more.
For′ty
,Noun.
pl.
Forties
(-tĭz)
. 1.
The sum of four tens; forty units or objects.
2.
A symbol expressing forty units; as, 40, or xl.
Webster 1828 Edition
Forty
FOR'TY
,Adj.
1.
Four times ten.2.
An indefinite number; a colloquial use. A, B and C, and forty more.