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Definition[1]

vīsati : [f.] twenty.

Source
A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[2]

Vīsati & vīsaŋ (indecl.) [both for Vedic viŋśati; cp. Av. vīsaiti, Gr. ei)/kosi, Lat. viginti, Oir. fiche, etc.; fr. Idg. *ṷi+komt (decad), thus "two decads." Cp. vi˚] number 20. -- Both forms are used indiscriminately. -- (1) vīsati, e. g. Vin ii.271 (˚vassa, as minimum age of ordination); Sn 457 (catu -- vīsat'akkharaŋ); J i.89 (˚sahassa bhikkhū); iii.360; VbhA 191 sq.; DhA i.4 (ekūna˚, 19); ii.9, 54; iii.62 (˚sahassa bhikkhū, as followers); as vīsatiŋ at DhA ii.61 (vassa -- sahassāni). <-> (2) vīsaŋ; e. g. Sn 1019 (˚vassa -- sata); It 99 (jātiyo); J i.395 (˚yojana -- sata); v.36 (˚ratana -- sata); DhA i.8; ii.91 (˚yojana -- sataŋ).

Source
Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
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