Four , n.
1. The sum
of four units; four units or objects.
2. A symbol representing four units,
as 4 or iv.
3. Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot
and four.
All fours. See
All fours, in the Vocabulary.
Four (fōr),
a. [OE. four, fower, feower, AS. feówer; akin to OS. fiwar, D. & G. vier, OHG. fior,
Icel. fjōrir, Sw. fyra, Dan. fire, Goth. fidwōr, Russ. chetuire,
chetvero, W. pedwar, L.
quatuor, Gr. te`ttares,
te`ssares, pi`syres, Skr.
catur. √302. Cf. Farthing,
Firkin, Forty,
Cater four,
Quater-cousin, Quatuor, Quire of paper, tetrarch.]
One more than three; twice two.
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