Ten
Ten (ten) , adjective
[Anglo-Saxon tēn, tién, tȳn, tēne; akin to OFries. tian, Old Saxon tehan, Dutch tien, German zehn, Old High German zehan, Icelandic tīu, Swedish tio, Danish ti, Gothic taíhun, Lithuanian deszimt, Russ. desiate, Welsh deg, Ir. & Gael. deich, Latin decem, Greek de`ka, Sanskrit dacan. r308. Compare Dean, Decade, Decimal, December, Eighteen, Eighty, Teens, Tithe.]
One more than nine; twice five.
With twice ten sail I crossed the Phrygian Sea.
There 's a proud modesty in merit,
Averse from begging, and resolved to pay
Ten times the gift it asks.
Ten is often used, indefinitely, for several, many, and other like words.
Ten (ten) , noun
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.