February

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  February \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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  February
       n : the month following January and preceding March [syn: {Feb}]