Twenty

twen′ti, adj. twice ten: nineteen and one: an indefinite number.— n. the number next after nineteen: the figures representing twenty: an old English division of infantry.— adj. Twen′tieth , next after the nineteenth.— n. one of twenty equal parts of anything.— adv. Twen′tyfold , twenty times as many.— adj. Twen′ty-four , twenty and four.— n. the number made up of four and twenty: ( pl. , print. ) a form of composed type or plates containing twenty-four leaves or forty-eight pages, properly arranged for printing and folding: a book made up of sections of twenty-four pages.— n. Twen′ty-four′-mo , written 24mo, a leaf from a sheet of paper folded for a book in twenty-four equal parts: a book made up of leaves folded in twenty-four equal parts. [A.S. twentig , from twén = twegen , twain, two— tig (Goth. tigjus ), ten; Ger. zwanzig .] ' Twere , contraction of it were .