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Webster 1913 Edition
Four
Four
(fōr)
, Adj.
[OE.
four
, fower
, feower
, AS. feówer
; akin to OS. fiwar
, D. & G. vier
, OHG. fior
, Icel. fjōrir
, Sw. fyra
, Dan. fire
, Goth. fidwōr
, Russ. chetuire
, chetvero
, W. pedwar
, L. quatuor
, Gr. τέτταρες
, τέσσαρες
, πίσυρες
, Skr. catur
. √302. Cf. Farthing
, Firkin
, Forty
, Cater
four, Quater-cousin
, Quatuor
, Quire
of paper, tetrarch
.] One more than three; twice two.
Four
,Noun.
1.
The sum of four units; four units or objects.
2.
A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
3.
Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses;
as, a chariot and
. four
Webster 1828 Edition
Four
FOUR
,Adj.
Twice two; denoting the sum or two and two.