Word Meanings - SEVENTY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Seven times ten; one more than sixty-nine.

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• SEVENNIGHT
  A week; any period of seven consecutive days and nights. See Sennight.
• TIMESERVING
  Obsequiously complying with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power.
• SEVENFOLD
  Repeated seven times; having seven thicknesses; increased to seven times the size or amount. "Sevenfold rage." Milton.
• SEVENTIETH
  1. Next in order after the sixty-ninth; as, a man in the seventieth year of his age. 2. Constituting or being one of seventy equal parts.
• SEVENTEENTH
  1. Next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen others. In . . . the seventeenth day of the month . . . were all the fountains of the great deep broken up. Gen. vii. 11. 2. Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which
• SEVENTY-FOUR
  A naval vessel carrying seventy-four guns.
• SEVENTEEN
  One more than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeen years.
• SEVEN-SHOOTER
  A firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers for cartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without reloading.
• SEVEN
  One more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make one week. Seven sciences. See the Note under Science, n., 4. -- Seven stars , the Pleiades. -- Seven wonders of the world. See under Wonders. -- Seven-year apple , a rubiaceous
• SEVENTHLY
  In the seventh place.
• TIMESERVER
  One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who obsequiously compiles with the ruling power; -- now used only in a bad sense.
• SEVEN-THIRTIES
  A name given to three several issues of United States Treasury notes, made during the Civil War, in denominations of and over, bearing interest at the rate of seven and three tenths (thirty hundredths) per cent annually. Within a few years they
• SIXTY
  Six times ten; fifty-nine and one more; threescore.
• SEVENSCORE
  Seven times twenty, that is, a hundred and forty. The old Countess of Desmond . . . lived sevenscore years. Bacon.
• TIMESAVING
  Saving time; as, a timesaving expedient.
• SIXTY-FOURTH
  Constituting or being one of sixty-four equal parts into which a thing is divided. Sixty-fourth note , the sixty-fourth part of a whole note; a hemi-demi-semiquaver.
• SEVENTY
  Seven times ten; one more than sixty-nine.
• SEVENTH
  1. Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others. On the seventh day, God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. Gen. ii. 2. 2. Constituting or being one of seven equal
• BETIME; BETIMES
  1. In good season or time; before it is late; seasonably; early. To measure life learn thou betimes. Milton. To rise betimes is often harder than to do all the day's work. Barrow. 2. In a short time; soon; speedily; forth with. He tires betimes
• SOMETIMES
  1. Formerly; sometime. That fair and warlike form In which the majesty of buried Denmark Did sometimes march. Shak. 2. At times; at intervals; now and then;occasionally. It is good that we sometimes be contradicted. Jer. Taylor. Sometimes . . .
• UNSEVEN
  To render other than seven; to make to be no longer seven. "To unseven the sacraments of the church of Rome." Fuller.
• OFTENTIMES
  Frequently; often; many times. Wordsworth.
• OFTTIMES
  Frequently; often. Milton.