Definition for FOUR

FOUR, a. [Sax. feower; G. vier; D. vier; Sw. fyra; Dan. fire. I suspect this word to be contracted from Goth. fidwor, W. pedwar, Arm. pevar, peder or petor, peoar, from which L. petoritum, petorritum, a carriage with four wheels, petorrota.]

Twice two; denoting the sum of two and two.

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