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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. 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.
  2. Sen-sif'er-oüs, a.p. 1202Producing sense or sensation. [Rare.]
  3. Sen-sif'ic, a.p. 1202Producing sensation.
  4. Sēns'ism, n.p. 1202The same as SENSUALISM.
  5. Sēns'ist, n.p. 1202One who, in philosophy, holds to sensism.
  6. Sĕn'si-tive, a.p. 1202Having sense or feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, sensitive soul; sensitive faculty. 2. Especially, having quick and acute…
  7. Sēn'si-tive-ly, adv.p. 1202In a sensitive manner.
  8. Sēn'si-tive-ness, n.p. 1202The state or quality of being sensitive; acute sensibility.
  9. Sĕn'si-tĭv'i-ty, n.p. 1202The state or condition of being sensitive;—used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver.
  10. Sēn'si-tize, v. t.p. 1202(Photog.) To render sensitive, or susceptible of being easily acted on by the sun's rays; as, sensitized paper; a sensitized plate.
  11. Sĕn'si-to-ry, n.p. 1202The same as SENSORY.
  12. Sēns'ive, a.p. 1202Having sense or sensibility; sensitive. [Obs.] Sidney.
  13. Sēn'sor, a.p. 1202Sensory; as, the sensor nerves.
  14. Sen-sō′ri-al, a.p. 1202Pertaining to the sensory or sensorium; as, sensorial faculties; sensorial motions or powers.
  15. Sen-sō′ri-ūm or Sēn′so-ry, n.p. 1202(Physiol. & Metaph.) Anciently, the supposed organ, or rather place, in which the sensations given by the several organs are reduced to the unity of consciousness; in modern usage, the whole nervous…
  16. Sĕn'so-ry, a.p. 1202Of, or connected with, the sensory, or with sensation; as, sensory nerves.
  17. Sēn'sū·al, a.p. 1202Pertaining to, consisting in, or affecting, the senses, or bodily organs of perception; relating to or concerning the body, in distinction from the spirit. Far as creation's ample range extends, The…
  18. Sēn'sū-al-ism, n.p. 1202The condition or character of one who is sensual; subjection to sensual feelings and appetite; sensuality. 2. (Philos.) The doctrine that all our ideas, or the operations of the understanding, not…
  19. Sēn'sū-al-ist, n.p. 1202One given to the indulgence of the appetites or senses; one who places his chief happiness in carnal pleasures.
  20. Sĕn'sū-al-ist'ic, a.p. 1202Sensual. 2. Adopting or teaching the doctrines of sensualism.
  21. Sĕn'sū-ăl/i-ty, n.p. 1202The quality of being sensual; devotedness to the gratification of the bodily appetites; free indulgence in carnal or sensual pleasures. Those pampered animals That rage in savage sensuality. Shak.…
  22. Sĕn'sū-al-i-zā'tion, n.p. 1202The act of sensualizing, or the state of being sensualized.
  23. Sēn'sū-al-ize, v. t.p. 1202To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure; to debase by carnal gratifications; as, sensualized by pleasure. By the neglect of prayer, the thoughts are sensualized. T. H. Skinner.
  24. Sĕn’sū-al-ly, adv.p. 1202In a sensual manner.
  25. Sēn'sū-al-ness, n.p. 1202The state or quality of being sensual; sensuality.
  26. Sĕn'sū-ism, n.p. 1202The same as SENSUALISM.
  27. Sĕn'sū-ōs'i-ty, n.p. 1202The state or quality of being sensuous; sensuousness. [Obs.]
  28. Sĕn'sū-ōŭs, a.p. 1202Pertaining to, or addressing, the senses; suggesting pictures or images of sense; connected with sensible objects. To this poetry would be made precedent, as being less subtle and fine, but more…
  29. Sĕn’sū-ōŭs-ly, adv.p. 1202In a sensuous manner.
  30. Sēn'sū-ōūs-ness, n.p. 1202The quality of being sensuous.
  31. Sĕn′tençe, n.p. 1202An opinion; a decision; especially, a philosophical or theological opinion; a dogma. My sentence is for open war. Milton. 2. (Law.) In the civil and admiralty law, the judgment of a court pronounced…
  32. Sēn’tence, v. t.p. 1202To pass or pronounce judgment upon; to doom; to condemn to punishment. Nature herself is sentenced in your doom. Dryden.
  33. Sēn’ten-cer, n.p. 1202One who pronounces a sentence.
  34. Sen-tēn'tial, a.p. 1202Comprising sentences. 2. Pertaining to a sentence, or full period; as, a sentential pause.
  35. Sen-tĕn′tial-ly, adv.p. 1202In a sentential manner; by sentences.
  36. Sen-tēn'ti-a-ry, n.p. 1202One who read lectures, or commented, on the sentences of Peter Lorribard, Archbishop of Paris, a school divine. [Obs.] Henry.
  37. Sēn’ten-ti-ös’i-ty, n.p. 1202The quality of being sententious. [Obs.] “The extemporary sententiosity of common conceits.” Browne.
  38. Sen-tēn'tious, a.p. 1202Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; short and energetic; as, a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth. How he apes his sire. Ambitiously sententious! Addison. 2. Comprising…
  39. Sen-tĕn′tiōus-ly, adv.p. 1202In a sententious manner; in short, expressive periods; with striking brevity. Nausicaa delivers her judgment sententiously, to give it more weight. Broome.
  40. Sen-těn'-tiōŭs-ness, n.p. 1202The quality of being sententious; pithiness of sentences; brevity with strength. The Medea I esteem for its gravity and sententiousness. Dryden.
  41. Sĕn’ter-y, n.p. 1202A sentry; a sentinel. See SENTINEL.
  42. Sēn’teur, n.p. 1202Scent; fragrance. [Obs.] “Pleasant senteurs and odors.” Holl-end.
  43. Sēn'ti-ence or Sēn'ti-en-cy, n.p. 1202The faculty of perception; feeling. All which broken sentiency Will gather and unite. Browning.
  44. Sĕn’ti-ent, a.p. 1202Having a faculty of sensation and perception; perceiving; as, man is a sentient being; he possesses a sentient principle.
  45. Sĕn′ti-ent, n.p. 1202One who has the faculty of perception; a perceiving being.
  46. Sēn’ti-ent-ly, adv.p. 1202In a sentient or perceptive manner.
  47. Sĕnʹti-ment, n.p. 1202A thought prompted by passion or feeling; a state of mind in view of some subject; feeling toward or respecting some person or thing; disposition prompting to action or expression. The word…
  48. Sĕn′ti-mĕnt′al, a.p. 1202Having sentiment; abounding with sentiments or reflections; sententious; didactic. 2. Manifesting an excess of sentiment or sensibility; indulging the sensibilities for their own sake; artificially…
  49. Sĕn’ti-mĕnt’al-īsm, n.p. 1202The character or behavior of a sentimentalist; sentimentality.
  50. Sĕn’ti-mĕnt’al-ist, n.p. 1202One who affects sentiment, fine feeling, or exquisite sensibility.
  51. Sĕn’ti-men-tāl’i-ty, n.p. 1202Affectation of fine feeling or exquisite sensibility.
  52. Sēn’ti-mēnt’al-ize, v. i.p. 1202To affect exquisite sensibility.
  53. Sĕn'-ti-mĕnt'al-ly, adv.p. 1202In a sentimental manner; with sensibility.
  54. Sĕn′tine, n.p. 1203A place for dregs and dirt; filth. [Obs. and rare.] “A stinking sentine of all vices.” Latimer.
  55. Sĕn'-ti-nel, n.p. 1203(Mil.) A soldier set to watch or guard an army, camp, or other place, from surprise, to observe the approach of danger, and give notice of it. 2. Watch; guard. [Obs.] “That princes do keep due…
  56. Sĕn'-ti-nel, v. t.p. 1203To watch over like a sentinel. “To sentinel enchanted ground.” W. Scott. 2. To furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a sentinel.
  57. Sĕn’try, n.p. 1203A soldier placed on guard; a sentinel. 2. Guard; watch; the duty of a sentinel. Here tolls, and Death, and Death’s half-brother, Sleep. Forms terrible to view, their sentry keep. Dryden.
  58. Sĕn’try-bŏx, n.p. 1203A box to cover a sentinel at his post, and shelter him from the weather.
  59. Sĕn'zā, prep.p. 1203Without.
  60. Sē'pal, n.p. 1203(Bot.) A leaf or division of the calyx. ☞ When the calyx or pericarp consists of but one part, it is said to be monosepalous; when of two parts, it is said to be disepalous; when of a variable and…