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  Number \Num"ber\ (n[u^]m"b[~e]r), n. [OE. nombre, F. nombre, L.
     numerus; akin to Gr. no`mos that which is dealt out, fr.
     ne`mein to deal out, distribute. See Numb, Nomad, and cf.
     Numerate, Numero, Numerous.]
     1. That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or
        an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection
        of individuals; an assemblage made up of distinct things
        expressible by figures.
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     2. A collection of many individuals; a numerous assemblage; a
        multitude; many.
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              Ladies are always of great use to the party they
              espouse, and never fail to win over numbers.
                                                    --Addison.
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     3. A numeral; a word or character denoting a number; as, to
        put a number on a door.
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     4. Numerousness; multitude.
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              Number itself importeth not much in armies where the
              people are of weak courage.           --Bacon.
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     5. The state or quality of being numerable or countable.
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              Of whom came nations, tribes, people, and kindreds
              out of number.                        --2 Esdras
                                                    iii. 7.
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     6. Quantity, regarded as made up of an aggregate of separate
        things.
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     7. That which is regulated by count; poetic measure, as
        divisions of time or number of syllables; hence, poetry,
        verse; -- chiefly used in the plural.
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              I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came. --Pope.
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     8. (Gram.) The distinction of objects, as one, or more than
        one (in some languages, as one, or two, or more than two),
        expressed (usually) by a difference in the form of a word;
        thus, the singular number and the plural number are the
        names of the forms of a word indicating the objects
        denoted or referred to by the word as one, or as more than
        one.
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     9. (Math.) The measure of the relation between quantities or
        things of the same kind; that abstract species of quantity
        which is capable of being expressed by figures; numerical
        value.
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     Abstract number, Abundant number, Cardinal number, etc.
        See under Abstract, Abundant, etc.
  
     In numbers, in numbered parts; as, a book published in
        numbers.
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  Number \Num"ber\, n. [OE. nombre, F. nombre, L. numerus; akin to
     Gr. ? that which is dealt out, fr. ? to deal out, distribute.
     See Numb, Nomad, and cf. Numerate, Numero,
     Numerous.]
     1. That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or
        an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection
        of individuals; an assemblage made up of distinct things
        expressible by figures.
  
     2. A collection of many individuals; a numerous assemblage; a
        multitude; many.
  
              Ladies are always of great use to the party they
              espouse, and never fail to win over numbers.
                                                    --Addison.
  
     3. A numeral; a word or character denoting a number; as, to
        put a number on a door.
  
     4. Numerousness; multitude.
  
              Number itself importeth not much in armies where the
              people are of weak courage.           --Bacon.
  
     5. The state or quality of being numerable or countable.
  
              Of whom came nations, tribes, people, and kindreds
              out of number.                        --2 Esdras
                                                    iii. 7.
  
     6. Quantity, regarded as made up of an aggregate of separate
        things.
  
     7. That which is regulated by count; poetic measure, as
        divisions of time or number of syllables; hence, poetry,
        verse; -- chiefly used in the plural.
  
              I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came. --Pope.
  
     8. (Gram.) The distinction of objects, as one, or more than
        one (in some languages, as one, or two, or more than two),
        expressed (usually) by a difference in the form of a word;
        thus, the singular number and the plural number are the
        names of the forms of a word indicating the objects
        denoted or referred to by the word as one, or as more than
        one.
  
     9. (Math.) The measure of the relation between quantities or
        things of the same kind; that abstract species of quantity
        which is capable of being expressed by figures; numerical
        value.
  
     Abstract number, Abundant number, Cardinal number, etc.
        See under Abstract, Abundant, etc.
  
     In numbers, in numbered parts; as, a book published in
        numbers.