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February

February Meaning & Definition
February Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of February?

[n] the month following January and preceding March

Synonyms | Synonyms for February: Feb

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See Also | bissextile day | Candlemas | Candlemas Day | Feb 2 | February 12 | February 14 | February 2 | February 22 | February 29 | Gregorian calendar | Gregorian calendar month | Groundhog Day | leap day | Lincoln's Birthday | mid-February | New Style | Presidents' Day | Saint Valentine's Day | St Valentine's Day | Valentine Day | Valentine's Day | Washington's Birthday | winter | wintertime

February In Webster's Dictionary

\Feb"ru*a*ry\, n. [L. Februarius, orig., the month of expiation, because on the fifteenth of this month the great feast of expiation and purification was held, fr. februa, pl., the Roman festival or purification; akin to februare to purify, expiate.] 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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