seventy adj 1: being ten more than sixty [syn: {seventy}, {70}, {lxx}] n 1: the cardinal number that is the product of ten and seven [syn: {seventy}, {70}, {LXX}]
Seventy \Sev"en*ty\, a. [AS. hund-seofontig. See {Seven}, and {Ten}, and cf. {Seventeen}, {Sixty}.] Seven times ten; one more than sixty-nine. [1913 Webster]
Seventy \Sev"en*ty\, n.; pl. {Seventies}. 1. The sum of seven times ten; seventy units or objects. [1913 Webster] 2. A symbol representing seventy units, as 70, or lxx. [1913 Webster] {The Seventy}, the translators of the Greek version of the Old Testament called the Septuagint. See {Septuagint}. [1913 Webster]