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   Forty , a. [OE. forti, fourti, fowerti, AS. feówertig; feówer four + suff. -tig ten; akin to OS. fiwartig, fiartig, D. veertig, G. vierzig, Icel. fjörutīu, Sw. fyratio, Dan. fyrretyve, Goth. fidwōr tigjus. See Four, and Ten, and cf. Fourteen.] Four times ten; thirty-nine and one more.
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   Forty, n.; pl. Forties .
   The sum of four tens; forty units or objects.
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   A symbol expressing forty units; as, 40, or xl.
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