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Webster 1913 Edition


Nineteen

Nine′teenˊ

,
Adj.
[AS.
nigontȳne
,
nigontēne
. See
Nine
, and
Ten
.]
Nine and ten; eighteen and one more; one less than twenty;
as,
nineteen
months
.

Nine′teenˊ

,
Noun.
1.
The number greater than eighteen by a unit; the sum of ten and nine; nineteen units or objects.
2.
A symbol for nineteen units, as 19 or xix.

Webster 1828 Edition


Nineteen

NI'NETEEN

,
Adj.
Noting the number of nine and ten united; as nineteen years.