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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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Sĕp'-a-ra-ble-ness, n. p. 1203The quality of being separable, or capable of separation or disunion. Trials permit me not to doubt of the separableness of a yellow tincture from gold. Boyle.Sēp'a-ra-bly, adv. p. 1203In a separable manner.Sĕp’a-rāte, v. t. p. 1203To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner. From the fine gold I separate the alloy. Dryden. 2. To sever, as by an intervening space; to hold apart; to lie between. Who…Sēp'a-rāte, v. i. p. 1203To part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from each other; as, the parties separated, and each retired.Sēp'a-rate, a. p. 1203Divided from another or others; disjointed; disconnected; separated;—used of things that have been united or connected. “Him that was separate from his brethren.” Gen. xlix. 26. 2. Unconnected; not…Sĕp'a-rate-ly, adv. p. 1203In a separate or unconnected state; apart; distinctly; singly.Sĕp'a-rate-ness, n. p. 1203The state of being separate.Sĕp'a-răt'ic-al, a. p. 1203Pertaining to separation or separatism in religion; schismatical. Dwight.Sĕp'/a-rā'tion, n. p. 1203The act of separating, severing, or disconnecting; disjunction; as, the separation of the soul from the body. 2. The state of being separate; disunion; disconnection. 3. The operation of disuniting…Sĕp'a-ra-tĭzm, n. p. 1203The character or act of a separatist; disposition to withdraw from a church; the practice of so withdrawing.Sĕp'a-ra-tĭst, n. p. 1203One who withdraws or separates himself; especially, one who withdraws from a church to which he has belonged; a seceder from an established church; a dissenter; a non-conformist; a schismatic; a…Sĕp′a-ra-tĭst′ic, a. p. 1203Of, pertaining to, or characterizing separatists; schismatical.Sĕp'a-rā'tĭve, a. p. 1203Belonging to or promoting separation. “Separative virtue of extreme cold.” Boyle.Sĕp'a-rā'tor, n. p. 1203One who, or that which, separates or disjoins; a divider.Sĕp'a-ra-to-ry, a. p. 1203Causing separation; separative; as, separatory ducts. [Rare.] Cheyne.Sĕp'a-ra-to-ry, n. p. 1203A chemical vessel for separating liquors. 2. A surgical instrument for separating the pericranium from the cranium.Se-pawn’, n. p. 1203A species of food, consisting of meal of maize boiled in water;—the same as hasty pudding. [Local U. S.] [Written also sepon.]Sĕp'e-li-ble, a. p. 1203Admitting of, or intended for, burial. [Obs.]Sĕp'e-lĭ'tion, n. p. 1203Burial; interment. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Sē'pi-ă, n. p. 1203(Zoöl.) The cuttle-fish. See CUTTLE-FISH. 2. A pigment, formerly supposed to be prepared from the ink of the sepia or cuttle-fish; Indian ink. See INDIAN. Ure. Sepia tints or pictures, a tint or…Sĕp'i-dā'ceoŭs, a. p. 1203Of, or pertaining to, mollusks of the genus Sepia.Sĕp'i-ment, n. p. 1203Something that separates or defends; a hedge; a fence.Se-pŏn', n. p. 1203The same as SEPAWN, q. v.Se-pōse′, v. t. p. 1203To set apart. [Obs.] Donne.Sĕp'o-sĭ'tion, n. p. 1203The act of setting apart; segregation. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.Sĕ'poy, n. p. 1203A native of India, employed as a soldier in the service of a European power; an Oriental soldier disciplined in the European manner.Sēps, n. p. 1203(Zoöl.) A genus of snake-like lizards found in the East Indies, the Cape of Good Hope, and on the coasts of the Mediterranean, having an elongated body, short and indistinct feet, a non-extensile…Sĕpt, n. p. 1203A clan, race, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor;—used especially of the races or families in Ireland. The chief, struck by the illustration, asked at once to be baptized, and all his…Sĕpt'ang'le, n. p. 1203(Geom.) A figure with seven sides and seven angles; a heptagon.Sept-ăn'gu-lar, a. p. 1203Having seven angles.Sep-tā'rĭ-ŭm, n. p. 1203(Geol.) A flattened, imbedded nodule of clay, marl, or limestone, intersected by seams. Dana.Sĕp'tate, a. p. 1203(Bot.) Divided or separated by partitions. Gray.Sep-tĕm'ber, n. p. 1203The month following August and preceding October; the ninth month of the year, reckoning from January.Sep-tĕm'brist, n. p. 1203An agent in the massacre in Paris, September 2, 1792; hence, one who is bloodthirsty and malignant.Sep-tĕm'flu-oŭs, a. p. 1203Flowing seven-fold; divided into seven streams or currents. [Rare.] Fuller.Sep-tĕm'par-tite, a. p. 1203Divided nearly to the base into seven parts.Sep-tĕm'vir, n. p. 1203(Antiq.) One of a board of seven men associated in some office; as, the septemviri epulones, who had charge, among the Romans, of feasts in honor of the gods.Sep-tēm'vi-rate, n. p. 1203The office of septemvir.Sēp'ten-a-ry, a. p. 1203Consisting of, or relating to, seven; as, a septenary number. Watts. 2. Lasting seven years; continuing seven years. “Septenary penance.” Fuller.Sēp'ten-a-ry, n. p. 1203The number seven. [R.] Burnet.Sĕp'ten-ate, a. p. 1203(Bot.) Having parts in sevens. Gray.Sep-tĕn'ni-al, a. p. 1203Lasting or continuing seven years; as, septennial Parliaments. 2. Happening or returning once in every seven years; as, septennial elections in England.Sep-tēn'ni-al-ly, adv. p. 1203Once in seven years.Sep-tĕn’tri-al, a. p. 1203Of, or pertaining to the north; septentrional.Sep-tēn'tri-o, n. p. 1203(Astron.) A constellation near the north pole; Ursa Major, or the Great Bear.Sep-tēn'tri-on, n. p. 1203The north or northern regions. [Rare.] Shak.Sep-tēn'tri-on or Sep-tēn'tri-on-al, a. p. 1203Of, or pertaining to, the north; northern. “From cold septentrion blasts.” Milton.Sep-tĕn'/tri-on-āl'i-ty, n. p. 1203Northerniness. [Obs.]Sep-tēn'tri-on-al-ly, adv. p. 1203Northerly; toward the north. [Obs.] Browne.Sep-tēn'tri-on-āte, v. i. p. 1203To tend or point toward the north; to north. Browne.Sēp'tet or Sēp'tette, n. p. 1203(Mus.) A musical composition for seven instruments or voices; — called also septuor.Sĕpt'-foil, n. p. 1203(Bot.) A plant of the genus Tormentilla (T. officinalis), the roots of which are sometimes used in tanning and dyeing leather, and in dyeing worsted yarn, and also in medicine, being powerfully…Sēp'tic or Sēp'tic-al, a. p. 1203Having power to promote putrefaction.Sēp'tic, n. p. 1203A substance that promotes the putrefaction of bodies.Sĕp'ti-cīd'al, a. p. 1203(Bot.) Dividing the partitions; — said of a method of dehiscence in which a pod splits through the partitions, dividing each into two layers. Gray.Sep-tĭc'i-ty, n. p. 1203Tendency to putrefaction.Sĕp'ti-fā'ri-oŭs, a. p. 1203Having seven different ways.Sep-tīf’er-oŭs, a. p. 1203Bearing septa. See SEPTUM.Sep-tīf'lu-oŭs, a. p. 1203Flowing in seven streams.Sĕp′ti-fō′li-ous, a. p. 1203Having seven leaves.