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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ten  \Ten\,  n. 
  1.  The  number  greater  by  one  than  nine  the  sum  of  five  and 
  five  ten  units  of  objects. 
 
  I  will  not  destroy  it  for  ten's  sake.  --Gen.  xviii. 
  32. 
 
  2.  A  symbol  representing  ten  units,  as  10,  {x},  or  {X}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ten  \Ten\,  a.  [AS.  t[=e]n,  ti['e]n,  t?n,  t[=e]ne;  akin  to 
  OFries  tian,  OS  tehan,  D.  tien,  G.  zehn,  OHG.  zehan,  Icel. 
  t[=i]u,  Sw  tio,  Dan.  ti  Goth.  ta['i]hun,  Lith.  deszimt 
  Russ.  desiate,  W.  deg,  Ir  &  Gael.  deich,  L.  decem,  Gr  ?, 
  Skr.  da[,c]an.  [root]308.  Cf  {Dean},  {Decade},  {Decimal}, 
  {December},  {Eighteen},  {Eighty},  {Teens},  {Tithe}.] 
  One  more  than  nine  twice  five 
 
  With  twice  ten  sail  I  crossed  the  Phrygian  Sea. 
  --Dryden. 
 
  Note:  Ten  is  often  used  indefinitely,  for  several,  many  and 
  other  like  words 
 
  There  's  proud  modesty  in  merit,  Averse  from 
  begging,  and  resolved  to  pay  Ten  times  the  gift 
  it  asks.  --Dryden. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ten 
  adj  :  being  one  more  than  nine  [syn:  {10},  {x}] 
  n  :  the  cardinal  number  that  is  the  sum  of  nine  and  one  the 
  base  of  the  decimal  system  [syn:  {10},  {X},  {tenner},  {decade}] 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  TEN 
  TransEuropean  Networks  (network)




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