TEN, adjective [Latin decem.] 1. Twice five; nine and one. With twice ten sail I cross'd the Phrygian sea. 2. It is a kind of proverbial number. There's a proud modesty in merit, Averse to begging, and resolv'd to pay TEN times the gift it asks. The meaning in this use is, a great deal more, indefinitely.
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