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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Twenty \Twen"ty\ (tw[e^]n"t[y^]), a. [OE. twenty, AS.
tw[=e]ntig, twentig; akin to OFries. twintich, OS.
tw[=e]ntig, D. & LG. twintig, OHG. zweinzug, G. zwanzig,
Goth. twai tigjis; that is, two tens. See {Twain}, {Two}, and
{Ten}.]
1. One more than nineteen; twice ten; as, twenty men.
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2. An indefinite number more or less that twenty. --Shak.
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Maximilian, upon twenty respects, could not have
been the man. --Bacon.
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