| Eleven | a. [ OE. enleven, AS. endleofan, endlufon, for nleofan; akin to LG. eleve, ölwe, ölwen, D. elf, G. elf, eilf, OHG. einlif, Icel. ellifu, Sw. elfva, Dan. elleve, Goth. ainlif, cf. Lith. vënolika; and fr. the root of E. one + (prob.) a root signifying “to be left over, remain, ” appearing in E. loan, or perh. in leave, v. t., life. See One, and cf. Twelve. ] Ten and one added; as, eleven men. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Eleven | n. 1. The sum of ten and one; eleven units or objects. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A symbol representing eleven units, as 11 or xi. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Cricket & American Football) The eleven men selected to play on one side in a match, as the representatives of a club or a locality; as, the all-England eleven. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Eleventh | a. [ Cf. AS. endlyfta. See Eleven. ] 1. Next after the tenth; as, the eleventh chapter. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Constituting one of eleven parts into which a thing is divided; as, the eleventh part of a thing. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Mus.) Of or pertaining to the interval of the octave and the fourth. [ 1913 Webster ] |