Tem"u*lent*ive (?), a. Somewhat temulent; addicted to drink. [R.] R.
Junius.
Ten (?), a. [AS. tn, tién, t&?;n, tne; akin to OFries. tian, OS. tehan,
D. tien, G. zehn, OHG. zehan, Icel. tu, 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.
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.
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Ten (?), n. 1. The number greater by one than nine; the sum of five and
five; ten units of objects.