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   Four , a. [OE. four, fower, feower, AS. feówer; akin to OS. fiwar, D. & G. vier, OHG. fior, Icel. fjōrir, Sw. fyra, Dan. fire, Goth. fidwōr, Russ. chetuire, chetvero, W. pedwar, L. quatuor, Gr. τέτταρες, τέσσαρες, πίσυρες, Skr. catur. √302. Cf. Farthing, Firkin, Forty, Cater four, Quater-cousin, Quatuor, Quire of paper, tetrarch.] One more than three; twice two.
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   Four, n.
   The sum of four units; four units or objects.
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   A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
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   Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and four.
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   All fours. See All fours, in the Vocabulary.