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fourscore | underscore |

As a numeral fourscore

is eighty.

As a noun underscore is

an underline; a line drawn or printed beneath text; the character.

As a verb underscore is

to underline; to mark a line beneath text.

fourscore

English

Numeral

(head)
  • Eighty.
  • * , Numbers IV:48:
  • Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore .
  • * 1863 , (Abraham Lincoln), ‘Gettysburg Address’:
  • Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
  • * 1914 , (Saki), ‘The Cobweb’, Beasts and Superbeasts :
  • Old Martha was standing at a table trussing a pair of chickens for the market stall as she had trussed them for nearly fourscore years.

    underscore

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An underline; a line drawn or printed beneath text; the character .
  • (music) A piece of background music.
  • Verb

    (underscor)
  • To underline; to mark a line beneath text.
  • To emphasize or draw attention to.
  • I wish to underscore the importance of proper formatting.

    See also

    * underbar (typography marks)