Ten (t&ebreve_;n), a. [AS. tēn, tién, t&ymacr_;n, tēne; akin to OFries. tian, OS. tehan, D. tien, G. zehn, OHG. zehan, Icel. tīu, Sw. tio, Dan. ti, Goth. taíhun, Lith. deszimt, Russ. desiate, W. deg, Ir. & Gael. deich, L. decem, Gr. deka, Skr. daçan. √308. Cf. Dean, Decade, Decimal, December, Eighteen, Eighty, Teens, Tithe.] One more than nine; twice five.
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With twice ten sail I crossed the Phrygian Sea. Dryden.
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&hand_; Ten is often used, indefinitely, for several, many, and other like words.
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There 's a proud modesty in merit,
Averse from begging, and resolved to pay
Ten times the gift it asks. Dryden.
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