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;
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n. an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students in England to select suitable candidates for grammar school; -- now no longer used.
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a. [ Cf. AS. endlyfta. See Eleven. ]