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Forty

Fôr'ty, a.

adjective

a. [A-S. feówertig, from feówer, four, and the termination tig, Goth. tigjus, from taihun, ten, A-S. tyn. See FOUR and TEN.] Four times ten; thirty-nine and one added.

Fôr'ty, n.

noun

n. 1. The sum of forty units.

Sense 2. A symbol expressing forty units, as 40 or XL.