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.
E*lev"en (&esl;*l&ebreve;v"'n), a. [OE. enleven,
AS. endleofan, endlufon, for nleofan; akin to LG. eleve, ölwe, ölwen,
D. elf, G. elf, eilf, OHG.
einlif, Icel. ellifu, Sw. elfva, Dan. elleve, Goth.
ainlif, cf. Lith. vënolika; and fr. the root of E. one + (prob.) a root signifying "to be left over, remain," appearing in E. loan, or perh. in leave, v. t., life. See One, and cf. Twelve.]
Ten and one added; as, eleven men.
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