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Webster 1913 Edition
Twenty
Twen′ty
(twĕn′ty̆)
, Adj.
1.
One more than nineteen; twice ten;
as,
. twenty
men2.
An indefinite number more or less that twenty.
Shak.
Maximilian, upon
twenty
respects, could not have been the man. Bacon.
Twen′ty
,Noun.
pl.
Twenties
. 1.
The number next following nineteen; the sum of twelve and eight, or twice ten; twenty units or objects; a score.
2.
A symbol representing twenty units, as 20, or xx.
Webster 1828 Edition
Twenty
TWEN'TY
,Adj.
1.
Twice ten; as twenty men; twenty years.2.
Proverbially, an indefinite number. Maximilian, upon twenty respects, could not have been the man.