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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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Sēm'per-vī'vum, n. p. 1200(Bot.) A genus of succulent plants; house-leek.Sĕm′pi-tĕr′nal, a. p. 1200Of never-ending duration; everlasting; endless; having beginning, but no end. 2. Without beginning or end; eternal. [Rare.]Sĕm'pi-tĕrne, a. p. 1200Sempiternal. [Obs.]Sēm'pi-tēr'ni-ty, n. p. 1200Future duration without end; the relation or state of being sempiternal. Hale.Sēm'p'ster, n. p. 1200See SEAMSTER.Sēm'p'stress, n. p. 1200See SEAMSTRESS.Sēm'p'stress-y, n. p. 1200See SEAMSTRESSY.Se-mūn'ci-a, n. p. 1200(Rom. Antiq.) A Roman coin equivalent to half an ounce, being one twenty-fourth part of a pound.Sēn, adv. p. 1200Since. [Obs. or local.]Sēn'a-ry, a. p. 1200Of six; belonging to six; containing six.Sēn'ate, n. p. 1200An assembly or council of citizens distinguished by birth, dignities, wealth, influence, &c., and invested with a share in the government; as, (a.) (Anc. Rome.) A body of elders appointed or elected…Sēn'a-tor, n. p. 1200A member of a senate. The duke and senators of Venice greet you. Shak. 2. (O. Eng. Law.) A member of the king's council; a king's councilor. Burrill.Sĕn'a-tō'rī-al, a. p. 1200Pertaining to or becoming a senator or a senate; as, senatorial robes; senatorial eloquence. 2. Entitled to elect a senator; as, a senatorial district. [U. S.]Sēn'a-tō'rī-al-ly, adv. p. 1200In the manner of a senate; with dignity or solemnity.Sĕn'a-tō'ri-an, a. p. 1200The same as SENATORIAL. [Rare.] De Quincey.Sĕn'a-tō'rī-ous, a. p. 1200Senatorial. [Obs.]Sēn'a-tor-ship, n. p. 1200The office or dignity of a senator. Carew.Sĕnd, v. t. p. 1200To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; as, to send a messenger. 2. To give motion to; to procure the going, carrying, transmission, &c., of; as, to send a letter or parcel. 3. To emit; to impel…Sĕnd, v. i. p. 1200To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, and the like. See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head? 2 Kings vi. 32. 2. (Naut.) To pitch; as, the ship sends forward…Sĕn'dal, n. p. 1200A light, thin stuff of silk or thread. Wore she not a vail of twisted sendal embroidered with silk? W. Scott. Sails of silk, and ropes of sendal, Such as gleam in ancient lore. Longfellow.Sēnd'er, n. p. 1200One who sends.Sēn'e-ca-rōot, n. p. 1200(Bot.) The root of a low plant (Polygala senega), bearing spikes of white flowers, and common in the United States. The root has an aromatic, sweetish-bitter taste, and is used in medicine as an…Sēn'e-ca-oil, n. p. 1200Petroleum or naphtha; — so called as having formerly been collected and sold by the Seneca Indians.Se-nĕc'ti-tūde, n. p. 1200Old age. “Senectitude, weary of its toils.” H. Miller.Sĕn'e-gal, n. p. 1201Gum senegal. See GUM.Se-nĕs'çence, n. p. 1201The state of growing old; decay by time.Se-nĕs'cent, a. p. 1201Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time.Sĕn'es-chal, n. p. 1201A steward; an officer in the houses of princes and dignitaries, who has the superintendence of feasts and domestic ceremonies. In some instances, the seneschal is an officer who has the dispensing of…Sĕn'es-chal-shĭp, n. p. 1201The office or dignity of a seneschal.Sĕn'green, n. p. 1201(Bot.) A plant, the houseleek.Sē’nile, a. p. 1201Pertaining to old age; proceeding from age.Se-nil'i-ty, n. p. 1201The state of being senile; old age.Sēn'ior, a. p. 1201More advanced in age, or in office or dignity; prior in age or rank; elder. 2. Belonging to the fourth year of the collegiate course in American colleges, or the third year in professional schools.Sēn'ior, n. p. 1201A person who is older than another; one more advanced in life. 2. One older in office, or whose first entrance upon an office was anterior to that of another; one prior in grade or rank. 3. An aged…Sēn-iŏr'i-ty, n. p. 1201The quality or condition of being senior; superior age; priority of birth; eldership. 2. Priority or superiority in office or rank; as, the seniority of a pastor or counselor.Sén'ior-ize, v. i. p. 1201To exercise authority; to rule; to lord it. [Obs.]Sēn'ior-y, n. p. 1201The same as SENIORITY. [Obs.]Sĕn'nā, n. p. 1201(Bot.) A leguminous plant, and especially its leaves, which last are largely used in medicine as a cathartic. They are obtained from various species of Cassia, native to the East, but now cultivated…Sén'na-chy, n. p. 1201The same as SEANNACHIE. See SEANNACHIE.Sĕn'net, n. p. 1201A particular time or mode of martial music. Johnson.Sĕn' night, n. p. 1201The space of seven nights and days; a week.Sēn'nit, n. p. 1201(Naut.) A flat, braided cord, formed by plaiting rope-yarns together. Totten. 2. Plaited straw or palm leaves for making hats.Se-nŏc'ū-lar, a. p. 1201Having six eyes. [Rare.] Most animals are binocular, spiders octonocular, and some senocular. Derham.Sén'sâte, v. t. p. 1201To apprehend by the senses or the intelligence; to have perception of as an object of sense. John Smith, of Cambridge.Sĕn'sate or Sĕn'sā-ted, a. p. 1201Perceived by the senses.Sen-sā'tion, n. p. 1201An impression made upon the mind through the medium of the organs of sense; feeling awakened by external objects, or by some change in the internal state of the body; as, a sensation of heaviness, or…Sen-sā'tion-al, a. p. 1201Pertaining to the sensations. 2. Attended by, or fitted to excite, great interest. 3. Belonging to sensationalism. “Sensational metaphysics.” Morell.Sen-sā'tion-al-iṣm, n. p. 1201The doctrine held by Condillac, and by some ascribed to Locke, that our ideas originate solely in sensation, and consist of sensations transformed; sensationalism. Fraser.Sen-sā'tion-al-ist, n. p. 1201An advocate of, or believer in, sensationalism.Sense, n. p. 1201Perception by the bodily organs; sensation; feeling. In a living creature, though never so great, the sense and the affects of any one part of the body instantly make a transfusion through the whole.…Sĕnse, v. t. p. 1201To perceive by the senses; to recognize. [Obs.] Is he sure that objects are not otherwise sensed by others as by him? Glanville.Sĕnse'ful, a. p. 1201Full of sense, meaning, or reason; reasonable; judicious. [Obs.] Norris.Sênse'less, a. p. 1201Destitute of sense; wanting the power of sensation or perception; incapable of feeling; void of apparent life; insensible; as, the body, when dead, is senseless; or, a limb or other part of the body…Sĕnse'less-ly, adv. p. 1201In a senseless manner; stupidly; unreasonably; as, a man senselessly arrogant.Sēnsē'less-ness, n. p. 1201The state or quality of being senseless; unreasonableness; folly; stupidity.Sĕn'si-bil'i-ty, n. p. 1201The quality or condition of being sensible; susceptibility of impression; capacity to feel or perceive; —applied especially to animal bodies; as, a frozen limb loses its sensibility. 2. Hence…Sĕn’si-ble, a. p. 1201Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon the sense, reason, or understanding. Air is sensible…Sèn'si-ble, n. p. 1201That which impresses itself on the senses; that which causes pleasure or pain; something perceptible; a material substance or thing; that which is perceived; sensibility. [Rare.] “The sensible of…Sĕn'si-ble-ness, n. p. 1202The condition or quality of being sensible; sensibility; capacity of perception; susceptibility. “The sensibleness of the eye.” Sharp. “Sensibleness and sorrow for sin.” Hammond. 2. Intelligence…Sĕn'si-bly, adv. p. 1202In a sensible manner; perceptibly to the senses; with perception; susceptibly; sensitively. What remains past cure, Bear not too sensibly. Milton. 2. With intelligence or good sense; judiciously.