TWELVE

twelve. Twelve, a. two and ten, six repeated twice

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Twelve (?), a. [[OE. twelve, twelf, AS. twelf; akin to OFries. twelf, twelef, twilif, OS. twelif, D. twaalf, G. zwölf, OHG. zwelif, Icel. t�lf, Sw. tolf, Dan. tolv, Goth. twalif, from the root of E. two + the same element as in the second part of E. eleven. See Two, and Eleven.]] One more that eleven; two and ten; twice six; a dozen. Twelve-men's morris. See the Note under Morris. — Twelve Tables. (Rom. Antiq.) See under Table.