'Twelve' definitions:
Definition of 'twelve'
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Definition of 'Twelve'
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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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A symbol representing twelve units, as 12, or xii. [1913 Webster]
- The Twelve (Script.), the twelve apostles. --Matt. xxvi. 20. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Twelve'
From: GCIDE
- 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[=o]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. [1913 Webster]
- Twelve-men's morris. See the Note under Morris.
- Twelve Tables. (Rom. Antiq.) See under Table. [1913 Webster]