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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[OE.

seventene

, AS.

seofontȳne

, i. e.,

seven-ten

. Cf.

One more than sixteen; ten and seven added;

as,

seventeen

years

Noun.

The number greater by one than sixteen; the sum of ten and seven; seventeen units or objects.

A symbol denoting seventeen units, as 17, or xvii.

Adj.

[seven-ten.] Seven and ten.