Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DEC'ADE
DEC'A-DALDE-CA'DENCE, or DE-CA'DEN-CY
DEC'ADE, n. [L. decas, decadis; Fr. decade; Sp. decada; from Gr. δεκα, ten. See Ten.]
The sum or number of ten; an aggregate consisting of ten; as, a decade of years; the decades of Livy.
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