English Dictionary: four | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Four \Four\, a. [OE. four, fower, feower, AS. fe[a2]wer; akin to OS. fiwar, D. & G. vier, OHG. fior, Icel. fj[?]rir, Sw. fyra, Dan. fire, Goth. fidw[?]r, Russ. chetuire, chetvero, W. pedwar, L. quatuor, Gr. [?], [?], [?], Skr. catur. [?] 302. Cf. {Farthing}, {Firkin}, {Forty}, {Cater} four, {Quater-cousin}, {Quatuor}, {Quire} of paper, {tetrarch}.] One more than three; twice two. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Four \Four\, n. 1. The sum of four units; four units or objects. 2. A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv. 3. Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and four. {All fours}. See {All fours}, in the Vocabulary. |