Ten (?), n.
1. The number greater by one than nine; the sum
of five and
five; ten units of objects.
I
will not destroy it for ten's
sake.
Gen.
xviii. 32. 2. A symbol representing ten units, as 10, x, or
X.
Ten (?), a. [AS. tēn, tién, t&?;n, tēne; akin to OFries. tian, OS. tehan, D. tien, G. zehn, OHG. zehan, Icel. tīu, Sw. tio, Dan. ti, Goth. taíhun, Lith. deszimt, Russ.
desiate, W. deg, Ir. &
Gael. deich, L.
decem, Gr. &?;, Skr. daçan.
√308. Cf. Dean, Decade, Decimal,
December, Eighteen, Eighty,
Teens, Tithe.]
One more than nine; twice five.
With twice ten sail I
crossed the Phrygian Sea.
Dryden. &fist; Ten is often used, indefinitely, for several, many, and other like words.
There 's proud modesty in merit,
Averse from begging, and resolved to pay
Ten times the gift it asks.
Dryden.
Hear it pronounced