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Ten (tĕn), a. [AS. tēn, tién, tȳn, tēne; akin to OFries. tian, OS. tehan, D. tien, G. zehn, OHG. zehan, Icel. tīu, Sw. tio, Dan. ti, Goth. taíhun, Lith. deszimt, Russ. desiate, W. deg, Ir. & Gael. deich, L. decem, Gr. δέκα, Skr. daçan. √308.  Cf. Dean, Decade, Decimal, December, Eighteen, Eighty, Teens, Tithe.] One more than nine; twice five.

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    With twice ten sail I crossed the Phrygian Sea. Dryden.

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    ☞ Ten is often used, indefinitely, for several, many, and other like words.

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    There 's a proud modesty in merit,

    Averse from begging, and resolved to pay

    Ten times the gift it asks. Dryden.

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Ten (tĕn), n.
    1. The number greater by one than nine; the sum of five and five; ten units of objects.

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    I will not destroy it for ten's sake. Gen. xviii. 32.

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    2. A symbol representing ten units, as 10, x, or X.

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