\Ten\, a. [AS. t[=e]n, ti['e]n, t?n, t[=e]ne; akin to
OFries. tian, OS. tehan, D. tien, G. zehn, OHG. zehan, Icel.
t[=i]u, Sw. tio, Dan. ti, Goth. ta['i]hun, Lith. deszimt,
Russ. desiate, W. deg, Ir. & Gael. deich, L. decem, Gr. ?,
Skr. da[,c]an. [root]308. Cf. {Dean}, {Decade}, {Decimal},
{December}, {Eighteen}, {Eighty}, {Teens}, {Tithe}.]
One more than nine; twice five.
      With twice ten sail I crossed the Phrygian Sea.
                                               --Dryden.
Note: Ten is often used, indefinitely, for several, many, and
      other like words.
            There 's proud modesty in merit, Averse from
            begging, and resolved to pay Ten times the gift
            it asks.                           --Dryden.

\Ten\, n.
1. The number greater by one than nine; the sum of five and
   five; ten units of objects.
         I will not destroy it for ten's sake. --Gen. xviii.
                                               32.
2. A symbol representing ten units, as 10, {x}, or {X}.