Sev"en*teen` (?), a. [OE. seventene, AS. seofont&ymac;ne, i. e., seven-ten. Cf. Seventy.]
One more than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeen years.
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Sev"en*teen`, n.
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.
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