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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Sĕm'i-nal, a. p. 1199Pertaining to seed, or to the elements of production. 2. Contained in seed; holding the relations of seed, source, or first principle; holding the first place in a series of developed results or…Sĕm'i-nal, n. p. 1199Seminal state. [Obs.] Browne.Sĕm'i-năl'i-ty, n. p. 1199The nature of seed; the power of production. [Obs.] Browne.Sĕm'i-nā'ri-an or Sĕm'i-na-rĭst, n. p. 1199A member of, or one educated in, a seminary; specifically, a Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; an ecclesiastic studying for the priesthood in a seminary.Sēm'i-na-ry, n. p. 1199A ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed-plat; as, to transplant trees from a seminary. [Obs.] 2. Hence, the place or original stock whence any thing is…Sēm'i-na-ry, a. p. 1200Belonging to seed; seminal. [Rare.]Sēm'i-nāte, v. t. p. 1200To sow; to spread; to propagate. [Obs.] Waterhouse.Sēm'i-nā'tion, n. p. 1200The act of sowing. 2. (Bot.) Natural dispersion of seeds. Martyn.Sēm′ined, a. p. 1200Thick covered or sown, as with seeds. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Sēm'i-nif'er-oūs, a. p. 1200Seed-bearing; producing seed.Sēm'i-nif'ic or Sēm'i-nif'ic-al, a. p. 1200Forming or producing seed, or the originative principle; as, (a.) (Bot.) Forming or producing seed. (b.) (Zoöl.) Producing or affording the seminal fluid.Sēm'i-ni-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 1200Propagation from the seed or seminal parts. [Rare.] Hale.Sēm'i-nūde', a. p. 1200Partially nude; half naked.Sēm'i-nymph, n. p. 1200(Entom.) The nymph of insects which undergo a slight change only in passing to a perfect state.Sē′mi-ŏg′ra-phy, n. p. 1200(Med.) A treatise upon, or a description of, the signs of disease. Dunglison.Sē/mi-o-lŏg'ie-al, a. p. 1200Relating to the doctrine of signs or symptoms of diseases.Sē'mi-ŏl'o-gy, n. p. 1200(Med.) That part of medicine which treats of the signs of diseases.Sēm'i-o-pā'eoüs, a. p. 1200Semiopaque.Sēm'i-o-pāque' (-pāk'), a. p. 1200Half opaque; half transparent only.Sēm'i-ō'pal, n. p. 1200(Min.) A variety of opal not possessing opalescence.Sēm′i-or-bie′ū-lar, a. p. 1200Having the shape of a half orb or sphere.Sēm'i-ōr'di-nate, a. p. 1200(Conic Sections.) The half of an ordinate. See ORDINATE.Sēm'i-ōs'se-oŭs, a. p. 1200Of a bony nature, but only half as hard as bone.Sē'mi-ōt'ic, a. p. 1200Relating to signs or indications; pertaining to the language of signs, or to language generally as indicating thought. 2. (Med.) Relating to the signs or symptoms of diseases.Sē'mi-ōt'ics, n. sing. p. 1200Semiology. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]Sēm'i-ō'val, a. p. 1200Half oval.Sēm'i-ō'vate, a. p. 1200Halfovate.Sēm'ĭ-ŏx'y-gen-ā'ted, a. p. 1200Combined with oxygen only in part. Kirwan.Sĕm'i-pā'gan, a. p. 1200Half pagan.Sēm'i-pāl'mate or Sēm'i-pāl'mā-ted, a. p. 1200(Zoöl.) Having feet webbed only part way down the toes.Sēm'i-pa-rāb'o-lā, n. p. 1200(Math.) A curve of the nature of a parabola, in which the powers of the ordinates are to each other as the next lower powers of the abscissas. It is represented by the general equation yⁿ = axⁿ⁻¹.Sēm'i-pēd, n. p. 1200A half foot in poetry.Se-mĭp'e-dal, a. p. 1200Containing a half foot.Sēm'i-Pe-lā'gi-an, n. p. 1200(Eccl. Hist.) A follower of John Cassianus, a French monk, who, in 430, modified the doctrines of Pelagius, by denying human merit, and maintaining the necessity of the Spirit's influences, while he…Sēm'i-Pe-lā'gi-an, a. p. 1200Pertaining to the Semi-Pelagians, or to their tenets.Sēm'i-Pe-lā'gi-an-ism, n. p. 1200The doctrines or tenets of the Semi-Pelagians.Sēm'ĭ-pel-lū'cĭd, a. p. 1200Half clear, or imperfectly transparent; as, a semi-pellucid gem.Sēm'i-pē'i-lu-cīd'i-ty, n. p. 1200The quality or state of being imperfectly transparent.Sēm′i-per-spĭc′ū-ous, a. p. 1200Half transparent; imperfectly clear.Sēm′i-phlo-ğis′ti-eā-ted, a. p. 1200Partially impregnated with phlogiston. [Obs.]Sēm'ĭ-proof, n. p. 1200Half proof; evidence from the testimony of a single witness. [Rare.] Bailey.Sēm'i-quad'rate or Sēm'i-quar'tile, n. p. 1200(Astrol.) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other the half of a quadrant, or forty-five degrees, or one sign and a half. Hutton.Sēm'i-quā'ver, n. p. 1200(Mus.) A note of half the duration of the quaver; a sixteenth note.Sēm'i-quā'ver, v. t. p. 1200To sound or sing in semiquavers; to sing in sixteenth notes. Cowper.Sēm'i-quint'ile, n. p. 1200(Astrol.) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other half of the quintile, or thirty-six degrees. Hutton.Sēm'i-rēe'on-dite or Sēm'i-re-eōn'dite, a. p. 1200(Entom.) Half hidden or covered;—said of the head of an insect when it is half covered by the shield of the thorax.Sēm/ĭ-săv'age, a. p. 1200Half savage; half-civilized.Sĕm'i-sāv'age, n. p. 1200One who is half savage, or imperfectly civilized. J. Barlow.Sĕm′i-sĕx′tile, n. p. 1200(Astrol.) An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other the twelfth part of a circle, or thirty degrees. Hutton.Sēm'i-sos-pī'ro, n. p. 1200(Mus.) A short pause, equal in length to the eighth part of a bar in common time. Brande.Sēm′i-sphēr′ic or Sēm′i-sphēr′ic-al, a. p. 1200Having the figure of a half sphere. Kirwan.Sĕm'i-sphē-roid'al, a. p. 1200Formed like a half spheroid.Sēm'ĭ-steel, n. p. 1200Puddled steel. [U. S.]Sēm’i-tān’gent, n. p. 1200(Geom.) The tangent of half an arc. Math. Dict.Sĕm'i-tē-rēte', a. p. 1200(Bot. & Nat. Hist.) Half terete.Sĕm'-i-tēr'-tian, a. p. 1200(Med.) Compounded of a tertian and quotidian ague.Sēm'i-tēr'tian, n. p. 1200(Med.) An intermittent compounded of a tertian and a quotidian.Sē-mĭt'ic, a. p. 1200Pertaining to the family of nations or languages of which the Hebrews, the Syrians, and the Arabs, are the chief members;—so called because in the Bible genealogies they are chiefly ranked as…Sēm'i-tōne, n. p. 1200(Mus.) Half a tone;—the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale. ☞ There is an impropriety in the use of this word, and half step is now preferred. See TONE. J. S. Dwight.Sēm'i-tōn'ic, a. p. 1200Pertaining to a semitone; consisting of a semitone or of semitones.