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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Seventeen \Sev"en*teen'\, adjective [OE. seventene, AS. seofont[=y]ne, i. e., seven-ten. Cf. {Seventy}.] One more than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeen years.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Seventeen \Sev"en*teen'\, noun
1. The number greater by one than sixteen; the sum of ten and seven; seventeen units or objects.
2. A symbol denoting seventeen units, as 17, or xvii.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
seventeen
adjective: being one more than sixteen [syn: {17}, {xvii}]
noun: the cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one [syn: {17}, {XVII}]
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