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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: February \Feb"ru*a*ry\, n. [L. Februarius orig., the month of expiation, because on the fifteenth of this month the great feast of expiation and purification was held, fr februa, pl., the Roman festival or purification; akin to februare to purify, expiate.] The second month in the year, said to have been introduced into the Roman calendar by Numa. In common years this month contains twenty-eight days; in the bissextile, or leap year, it has twenty-nine days. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: February n : the month following January and preceding March [syn: {February}, {Feb}]
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