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eighty

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eighty \'a-t-e-\ n [ME eighty, adj, fr. OE eahtatig, short for 
   hundeahtatig, fr.] hundeahtatig, n., group of eighty, fr. hund hundred + 
   eahta eight + -tig group of ten; akin to OE ti-en ten pl  2: the numbers 80 
   to 89 inclusive; specif : the years 80 to 89 in a  lifetime or century - 
   eighty ajor ;pn