English Dictionary: eleven | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Eleven \E*lev"en\ ([esl]*l[ecr]v"'n), a. [OE. enleven, AS. endleofan, endlufon, for nleofan; akin to LG. eleve, [94]lwe, [94]lwen, D. elf, G. elf, eilf, OHG. einlif, Icel. ellifu, Sw. elfva, Dan. elleve, Goth. ainlif, cf. Lith. v[89]nolika; and fr. the root of E. one + (prob.) a root signifying [bd]to be left over, remain,[b8] appearing in E. loan, or perh. in leave, v. t., life. See {One}, and cf. {Twelve}.] Ten and one added; as, eleven men. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Eleven \E*lev"en\, n. 1. The sum of ten and one; eleven units or objects. 2. A symbol representing eleven units, as 11 or xi. 3. (Cricket & American Football) The eleven men selected to play on one side in a match, as the representatives of a club or a locality; as, the all-England eleven. |