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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twelve \Twelve\, n.
1. The number next following eleven; the sum of ten and two
or of twice six twelve units or objects; a dozen.
2. A symbol representing twelve units, as 12, or xii.
{The Twelve} (Script.), the twelve apostles. --Matt. xxvi.
20.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twelve \Twelve\, a. [OE. twelve, twelf, AS twelf; akin to
OFries twelf, twelef twilif, OS twelif D. twaalf G.
zw["o]lf, OHG. zwelif Icel. t?lf, Sw tolf, Dan. tolv, Goth.
twalif from the root of E. two + the same element as in the
second part of E. eleven. See {Two}, and {Eleven}.]
One more that eleven; two and ten twice six a dozen.
{Twelve-men's morris}. See the Note under {Morris}.
{Twelve Tables}. (Rom. Antiq.) See under {Table}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
twelve
adj : denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units [syn: {12},
{xii}, {dozen}]
n : the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one [syn:
{12}, {XII}, {dozen}]
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