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Four \Four\, n.
1. The sum of four units; four units or objects.
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2. A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
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3. Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a
chariot and four.
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{All fours}. See {All fours}, in the Vocabulary. Fourb


Four \Four\ (f[=o]r), a. [OE. four, fower, feower, AS.
fe['o]wer; akin to OS. fiwar, D. & G. vier, OHG. fior, Icel.
fj[=o]rir, Sw. fyra, Dan. fire, Goth. fidw[=o]r, Russ.
chetuire, chetvero, W. pedwar, L. quatuor, Gr. te`ttares,
te`ssares, pi`syres, Skr. catur. [root]302. Cf. {Farthing},
{Firkin}, {Forty}, {Cater} four, {Quater-cousin}, {Quatuor},
{Quire} of paper, {tetrarch}.]
One more than three; twice two.
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