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Webster 1913 Edition

Seven

Sev′en

,
Adj.
[OE.
seven
,
seoven
,
seofen
, AS.
seofon
,
seofan
,
seofen
; akin to D.
zeven
, OS., Goth., & OHG.
sibun
, G.
sieben
, Icel.
sjau
,
sjö
, Sw.
sju
, Dan.
syv
, Lith.
septyni
, Russ.
seme
, W.
saith
, Gael.
seachd
, Ir.
seacht
, L.
septem
, Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], Skr.
saptan
. √305. Cf.
Hebdomad
,
Heptagon
,
September
.]
One more than six; six and one added;
as,
seven
days make one week
.
Seven sciences
.
See the Note under
Science
,
Noun.
, 4.
–
Seven stars
(Astron.)
,
the Pleiades.
–
Seven wonders of the world
.
See under
Wonders
.
–
Seven-year apple
(Bot.)
,
a rubiaceous shrub (
Genipa clusiifolia
) growing in the West Indies; also, its edible fruit.
–
Seven-year vine
(Bot.)
,
a tropical climbing plant (
Ipomœa tuberosa
) related to the morning-glory.

Sev′en

,
Noun.
1.
The number greater by one than six; seven units or objects.
Of every beast, and bird, and insect small,
Game
sevens
and pairs.
Milton.
2.
A symbol representing seven units, as 7, or vii.

Webster 1828 Edition

Seven

SEVEN

,
Adj.
sev'n [L. septem.] Four and three; one more than six or less than eight. Seven days constitute a week. We read in Scripture of seven years of plenty, and seven years of famine, seven trumpets, seven seals, seven vials, &c.

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