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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.
[L. petoritum, petorritum, a carriage with four wheels, petor-rota.]
Twice two; denoting the sum or two and two.