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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. Sĕp'o-sĭ'tion, n.p. 1203The act of setting apart; segregation. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.
  2. 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.
  3. 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…
  4. 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…
  5. Sĕpt'ang'le, n.p. 1203(Geom.) A figure with seven sides and seven angles; a heptagon.
  6. Sept-ăn'gu-lar, a.p. 1203Having seven angles.
  7. Sep-tā'rĭ-ŭm, n.p. 1203(Geol.) A flattened, imbedded nodule of clay, marl, or limestone, intersected by seams. Dana.
  8. Sĕp'tate, a.p. 1203(Bot.) Divided or separated by partitions. Gray.
  9. Sep-tĕm'ber, n.p. 1203The month following August and preceding October; the ninth month of the year, reckoning from January.
  10. Sep-tĕm'brist, n.p. 1203An agent in the massacre in Paris, September 2, 1792; hence, one who is bloodthirsty and malignant.
  11. Sep-tĕm'flu-oŭs, a.p. 1203Flowing seven-fold; divided into seven streams or currents. [Rare.] Fuller.
  12. Sep-tĕm'par-tite, a.p. 1203Divided nearly to the base into seven parts.
  13. 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.
  14. Sep-tēm'vi-rate, n.p. 1203The office of septemvir.
  15. 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.
  16. Sēp'ten-a-ry, n.p. 1203The number seven. [R.] Burnet.
  17. Sĕp'ten-ate, a.p. 1203(Bot.) Having parts in sevens. Gray.
  18. 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.
  19. Sep-tēn'ni-al-ly, adv.p. 1203Once in seven years.
  20. Sep-tĕn’tri-al, a.p. 1203Of, or pertaining to the north; septentrional.
  21. Sep-tēn'tri-o, n.p. 1203(Astron.) A constellation near the north pole; Ursa Major, or the Great Bear.
  22. Sep-tēn'tri-on, n.p. 1203The north or northern regions. [Rare.] Shak.
  23. Sep-tēn'tri-on or Sep-tēn'tri-on-al, a.p. 1203Of, or pertaining to, the north; northern. “From cold septentrion blasts.” Milton.
  24. Sep-tĕn'/tri-on-āl'i-ty, n.p. 1203Northerniness. [Obs.]
  25. Sep-tēn'tri-on-al-ly, adv.p. 1203Northerly; toward the north. [Obs.] Browne.
  26. Sep-tēn'tri-on-āte, v. i.p. 1203To tend or point toward the north; to north. Browne.
  27. Sēp'tet or Sēp'tette, n.p. 1203(Mus.) A musical composition for seven instruments or voices; — called also septuor.
  28. 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…
  29. Sēp'tic or Sēp'tic-al, a.p. 1203Having power to promote putrefaction.
  30. Sēp'tic, n.p. 1203A substance that promotes the putrefaction of bodies.
  31. 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.
  32. Sep-tĭc'i-ty, n.p. 1203Tendency to putrefaction.
  33. Sĕp'ti-fā'ri-oŭs, a.p. 1203Having seven different ways.
  34. Sep-tīf’er-oŭs, a.p. 1203Bearing septa. See SEPTUM.
  35. Sep-tīf'lu-oŭs, a.p. 1203Flowing in seven streams.
  36. Sĕp′ti-fō′li-ous, a.p. 1203Having seven leaves.
  37. Sĕp'ti-fōrm, a.p. 1203Having seven forms.
  38. Sep-tĭf'ra-gal, a.p. 1203(Bot.) Breaking from the partitions; — said of a method of dehiscence in which the valves of a pod break away from the partitions. Gray.
  39. Sĕp'ti-lāt'er-al, a.p. 1203Having seven sides; as, a septilateral figure. — Browne.
  40. Sep-tīl'ion, n.p. 1203According to the English notation, the product of a million involved to the seventh power, or the number expressed by a unit with forty-two ciphers annexed; according to the French notation, the…
  41. Sĕp'ti-nā'ri-an, n.p. 1203A weekly officer in a monastery.
  42. Sep-tīn'su-lar, a.p. 1203Consisting of seven islands; as, the septinsular republic of the Ionian Isles.
  43. Sĕp'ti-sŷl'la-ble, n.p. 1204A word of seven syllables.
  44. Sĕp'tū-āg'e-nā'ri-an, n.p. 1204A person who is seventy years of age; a septuagenary.
  45. Sĕp'tu-āg'e-na-ry, a.p. 1204Consisting of seventy; also, seventy years old. Browne.
  46. Sĕp'tu-āg'e-na-ry, n.p. 1204A person seventy years of age; a septuagenarian.
  47. Sĕp'tu-a-gĕs'i-mā, n.p. 1204(Eccl.) The third Sunday before Lent, or before Quadragesima Sunday;—so called because it is seventy days before Easter. Hook.
  48. Sĕp'tu-a-gĕs'i-mal, a.p. 1204Consisting of seventy, or of seventy years, “Our abridged and septuagesimal age.” Browne.
  49. Sĕp'tu-a-gĭnt, n.p. 1204A Greek version of the Old Testament;—so called because it was said to be the work of seventy, or rather of seventy-two, interpreters. ☞ This translation from the Hebrew is reported to have been made…
  50. Sĕp'tu-a-ry, n.p. 1204Something composed of seven; a week. [Rare.] Ash.
  51. Sĕp'tu-late, a.p. 1204(Bot.) Having imperfect or spurious septa. Henslow.
  52. Sĕp'tum, n.p. 1204A wall separating two cavities; a partition; specifically, (a.) (Bot.) A partition that separates the cells of the fruit. (b.) (Anat.) A partition which separates two cavities.
  53. Sĕp'tu-or, n.p. 1204(Mus.) A septet. See SEPTET.
  54. Sĕp'tu-ple, a.p. 1204Seven times as much; multiplied by seven; sevenfold.
  55. Sĕp'tu-ple, v. t.p. 1204To multiply by seven; to make sevenfold. Herschel.
  56. Sĕp'ul-cher or Sĕp'ul-chre, n.p. 1204The place in which the dead body of a human being is interred, or a place destined for that purpose; a grave; a tomb. “The stony entrance of this sepulcher.” Shak.
  57. Se-pül'cherp. 1204( v. t. To bury; to inter; to entomb;
  58. Se-pül'chrep. 1204as, obscurely sepulchered. And, so sepulchered, in such pomp dost lie, That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. Milton.
  59. Se-pŭl'chral, a.p. 1204Pertaining to burial, to the grave, or to monuments erected to the memory of the dead; as, a sepulchral stone; a sepulchral statue; a sepulchral inscription.
  60. Sĕp'ul-tūre, n.p. 1204The act of depositing the dead body of a human being in the grave; burial; interment. “Where we may royal sepulture prepare.” Dryden.