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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
February \Feb"ru*a*ry\, noun [L. Februarius, orig., the month of expiation, because on the fifteenth of this month the great feast of expiation and purification was held, fr. februa, pl., the Roman festival or purification; akin to februare to purify, expiate.] The second month in the year, said to have been introduced into the Roman calendar by Numa. In common years this month contains twenty-eight days; in the bissextile, or leap year, it has twenty-nine days.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
February
noun: the month following January and preceding March [syn: {Feb}]
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