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Fortieth
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) Following the thirty-ninth, or preceded by thirty-nine units, things, or parts.
(2):
(a.) Constituting one of forty equal parts into which anything is divided.
(3):
(n.) One of forty equal parts into which one whole is divided; the quotient of a unit divided by forty; one next in order after the thirty-ninth.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Fortieth'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/fortieth.html. 1828.