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adjective

Seven adj. 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 (Astron.), the Pleiades.

Seven wonders of the world. See under Wonders.

Seven-year apple (Bot.), a rubiaceous shrub (Genipa clusiifolia) growing in the West Indies; also, its edible fruit.

Seven-year vine (Bot.), a tropical climbing plant (Ipomoea tuberosa) related to the morning-glory.

noun

Seven n.

The number greater by one than six; seven units or objects. "Of every beast, and bird, and insect small, Game sevens and pairs."

A symbol representing seven units, as 7, or vii.

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Etymology of 'Seven'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Seven" Quotes from Famous Books

... much-respected man; nevertheless, young Sir Patrick Drummond felt little esteem for his prudence in displaying one at least of the treasures of the castle to the knight on the black horse. The stranger was a very tall man, of robust and stalwart make, apparently aged about seven or eight and twenty years, clad in steel armour, enamelled so as to have a burnished blue appearance; but the vizor of the helmet was raised, and the face beneath it was a manly open face, thoroughly Scottish in its forms, but very handsome, and with short dark auburn hair, and ...

— The Caged Lion • Charlotte M. Yonge

... "Yes. She is twenty-seven and has kicked hats off tall men's heads in every capital from Petersburg to Buenos Ayres! Get through to Scotland Yard and ask if Inspector Beedel can ...

— Four Max Carrados Detective Stories • Ernest Bramah

... have this day liberated, set free and fully and effectually manumitted, Aleck Long. Heretofore a slave for life—the lawful property of the said Thomas Granthan. The description of said Aleck Long, being as follows to wit: about fifty-seven years old; five feet, ten inches in height, gray hair dark complexion with a scar on the inside of the left leg above the ankle.—The said Aleck Long to enjoy and possess now and from hence forth the full ...

— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 • Various

... your sighs had blown around the world for seven years, they yielded her. You were a power to be checked, and they set a ...

— The Flutter of the Goldleaf; and Other Plays • Olive Tilford Dargan and Frederick Peterson

... afterwards presided over a side-table, on which bread and cheese and beer were spread for such young gentlemen as desired to partake of those refreshments. The ceremonies concluded by the Doctor's saying, 'Gentlemen, we will resume our studies at seven to-morrow;' and then, for the first time, Paul saw Cornelia Blimber's eye, and saw that it was upon him. When the Doctor had said these words, 'Gentlemen, we will resume our studies at seven tomorrow,' the pupils bowed ...

— Dombey and Son • Charles Dickens

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