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Twelve : adj : denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units [syn: 12,
xii, dozen]
(noun)
1: the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one [syn:
12, XII, dozen]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Twelve : \Twelve\, a. [OE. twelve, twelf, AS. twelf; akin to
OFries. twelf, twelef, twilif, OS. twelif, D. twaalf, G.
zw["o]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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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