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-ty1 definition

-ty (tē, ti)

quality of, condition of realty

Etymology: ME -tee, -tie, -te < OFr -té < L -tas

-ty2 definition

-ty (tē, ti)

tens, times ten sixty

Etymology: ME -ti, -tie < OE -tig, akin to Ger -zig, Goth tigus, ten, L -ta < IE *dekṃt-mi(s), dat. pl. < *deṃ, ten

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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