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    Five , a. [OE. fif, five, AS. fīf, fīfe; akin to D. vijf, OS. fīf, OHG. finf, funf, G. fünf, Icel. fimm, Sw. & Sw. Dan. fem, Goth. fimf, Lith. penki, W. pump, OIr. cóic, L. quinque, Gr. πέντε, Æol. πέμπε, Skr. pañcan. √303.  Cf. Fifth, Cinque, Pentagon, Punch the drink, Quinary.] Four and one added; one more than four.
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    Five nations (Ethnol.), a confederacy of the Huron-Iroquois Indians, consisting of five tribes: Mohawks, Onondagas, Cayugas, Oneidas, and Senecas. They inhabited the region which is now the State of new York.
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    Five , n.
    1. The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects.
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      Five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
      Matt. xxv. 2.

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    2. A symbol representing this number, as 5, or V.
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