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Sev"en  , n.
1. The number greater by one than six;
seven units or
objects.
 
Of every beast, and bird, and
insect small,
 Game sevens and
pairs.
 Milton.
 2. A symbol representing seven units, as 7, or vii.
 
Sev"en   (?), a. [OE.
seven, seoven, seofen, AS. seofon, seofan, seofen; akin to D.
zeven, OS., Goth., & OHG.
sibun, G. sieben, Icel. sjau,
sjö, Sw. sju, Dan. syv, Lith. septyni, Russ.
seme, W. saith, Gael. seachd, Ir.
seacht, L. septem, Gr. &?;&?;&?;, Skr.
saptan. √305. Cf. Hebdomad,
Heptagon, September.]
 One more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make one week.
 Seven sciences. See the Note under Science,
n., 4. -- Seven stars (Astron.), the Pleiades. -- Seven wonders of the world. See under Wonders. --
Seven-year apple (Bot.), a rubiaceous shrub (Genipa clusiifolia) growing in the West Indies; also, its edible fruit. -- Seven-year vine (Bot.), a tropical climbing plant (Ipom&oelig;a tuberosa) related to the morning- glory.

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