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den⋅a⋅ry

  [den-uh-ree, dee-nuh-]
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–adjective
1. containing ten; tenfold.
2. proceeding by tens; decimal.
Origin:
1570–80; < L dēnārius containing ten, equiv. to dēn(ī) ten at a time (deriv. of decem ten ) + -ārius -ary
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den·a·ry   (děn'ə-rē)   
adj.  

  1. Tenfold.

  2. Divided or counted by tens; decimal.


[Latin dēnārius, from dēnī, by tens; see dek in Indo-European roots.]
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