TEN

TEN. → (Used for an indefinite number) Ge 31:7; Le 26:26; Nu 14:22; Zec 8:23

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ten. Ten, a. twice five

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Ten (?), a. [[AS. tēn, tién, t�n, 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. �, Skr. daçan. √308. Cf. Dean, Decade, Decimal, December, Eighteen, Eighty, Teens, Tithe.]] One more than nine; twice five. With twice ten sail I crossed the Phrygian Sea. Dryden. ☞ Ten is often used, indefinitely, for several, many, and other like words. There 's proud modesty in merit, Averse from begging, and resolved to pay Ten times the gift it asks. Dryden.