1) Candlemas month 2) Gregorian calendar month 3) Second of twelve 4) Shortest of its type
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1) Feb 2) Midgetmonth
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February (i or i {respell|FEB|ew|ERR|ee} or {respell|FEB|roo|ERR|ee}) is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the shortest month and the only month with fewer than 30 days. The month has 28 days in common years or 29 days in leap years. February is the third month of meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisp...
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• (n.) The second month in the year, said to have been introduced into the Roman calendar by Numa. In common years this month contains twenty-eight days; in the bissextile, or leap year, it has twenty-nine days.
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second month of the Gregorian calendar. It was named after Februalia, the Roman festival of purification. Originally, February was the last month of ... [2 related articles]
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The second month in the year, said to have been introduced into the Roman calendar by Numa. In common years this month contains twenty-eight days; in the bissextile, or leap year, it has twenty-nine days. ... Origin: L. Februarius, orig, the month of expiation, because on the fifteenth of this month the great feast of expiation and purification was...
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Feb'ru·a·ry noun [ Latin
Februarius , orig., the month of expiation, because on the fifteenth of this month the great feast of expiation and purification was held, from
februa , plural, the Roman festival or purification; akin to
februare to purify, expiate.] The second month in th...
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February (named from the Roman Februa a festival of expiation or purification) is the second month of the year, having twenty-eight days, except in leap-year, when it has twenty-nine. This latter number of days it had originally among the Romans, until the senate decreed that the seventh month should bear the name of Augustus, when a day was taken ...
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February was Second World War British army slang for a commanding officer.
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n] - the month following January and preceding March
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Feb noun the month following January and preceding March
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