TEMULENT
Tem"u*lent, a. Etym: [L. temulentus.]
Defn: Intoxicated; drunken. [R.]
TEMULENTIVE
Tem"u*lent*ive, a.
Defn: Somewhat temulent; addicted to drink. [R.] R. Junius.
TEN Ten, a. Etym: [AS. ten, tién, t, tene; akin to OFries. tian, OS. tehan, D. tien, G. zehn, OHG. zehan, Icel. tiu, Sw. tio, Dan. ti, Goth. taíhun, Lith. deszimt, Russ. desiate, W. deg, Ir. & Gael. deich, L. decem, Gr. daçan. *308. Cf. Dean, Decade, Decimal, December, Eighteen, Eighty, Teens, Tithe.]
Defn: One more than nine; twice five.
With twice ten sail I crossed the Phrygian Sea. Dryden.
Note: 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.
TEN
Ten, n.
1. The number greater by one than nine; the sum of five and five; ten units of objects. I will not destroy it for ten's sake. Gen. xviii. 32.
2. A symbol representing ten units, as 10, x, or X.