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Webster 1913 Edition


Ninety

Nine′ty

,
Adj.
[See
Nine
, and cf.
Forty
.]
Nine times ten; eighty-nine and one more;
as,
ninety
men
.

Nine′ty

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Nineties
.
1.
The sum of nine times ten; the number greater by a unit than eighty-nine; ninety units or objects.
2.
A symbol representing ninety units, as 90 or xc.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ninety

NI'NETY

,
Adj.
Nine times ten; as ninety years.