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English Dictionary: twelve	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
twelve adj denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units [syn: twelve, 12, xii, dozen] n the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one [syn: twelve, 12, XII, dozen]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twelve \Twelve\, a. [OE. twelve, twelf, AS. twelf; akin to OFries. twelf, twelef, twilif, OS. twelif, D. twaalf, G. zw[94]lf, 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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twelve \Twelve\, n. 1. The number next following eleven; the sum of ten and two, or of twice six; twelve units or objects; a dozen. 2. A symbol representing twelve units, as 12, or xii. {The Twelve} (Script.), the twelve apostles. --Matt. xxvi. 20.