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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'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.Sĕp'ti-fōrm, a. p. 1203Having seven forms.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.Sĕp'ti-lāt'er-al, a. p. 1203Having seven sides; as, a septilateral figure. — Browne.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…Sĕp'ti-nā'ri-an, n. p. 1203A weekly officer in a monastery.Sep-tīn'su-lar, a. p. 1203Consisting of seven islands; as, the septinsular republic of the Ionian Isles.Sĕp'ti-sŷl'la-ble, n. p. 1204A word of seven syllables.Sĕp'tū-āg'e-nā'ri-an, n. p. 1204A person who is seventy years of age; a septuagenary.Sĕp'tu-āg'e-na-ry, a. p. 1204Consisting of seventy; also, seventy years old. Browne.Sĕp'tu-āg'e-na-ry, n. p. 1204A person seventy years of age; a septuagenarian.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.Sĕp'tu-a-gĕs'i-mal, a. p. 1204Consisting of seventy, or of seventy years, “Our abridged and septuagesimal age.” Browne.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…Sĕp'tu-a-ry, n. p. 1204Something composed of seven; a week. [Rare.] Ash.Sĕp'tu-late, a. p. 1204(Bot.) Having imperfect or spurious septa. Henslow.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.Sĕp'tu-or, n. p. 1204(Mus.) A septet. See SEPTET.Sĕp'tu-ple, a. p. 1204Seven times as much; multiplied by seven; sevenfold.Sĕp'tu-ple, v. t. p. 1204To multiply by seven; to make sevenfold. Herschel.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.Se-pül'cher p. 1204( v. t. To bury; to inter; to entomb;Se-pül'chre p. 1204as, obscurely sepulchered. And, so sepulchered, in such pomp dost lie, That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. Milton.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.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.Se-quā'ciōŭs, a. p. 1204Inclined to follow a leader; not moving on independently; following; attendant. Trees uprooted left their place, Sequacious of the lyre. Dryden. 2. Hence, ductile; pliant; manageable. [Rare.] The…Se-quā'cioŭs-ness, n. p. 1204The state of being sequacious; disposition to follow.Se-quāç'i-ty, n. p. 1204The state or quality of being sequacious; a following, or disposition to follow; ductility; pliableness. [Rare.] Bacon.Se-quā'ri-oŭs, a. p. 1204Following; sequacious. [Rare.]Sē'quel, n. p. 1204That which follows; a succeeding part; continuation; as, the sequel of a man's adventures or history. 2. Consequence; event; as, let the sun or moon cease, fail, or swerve, and the sequel would be…Se-què'la, n. p. 1204One who, or that which, follows; as, (a.) An adherent, or a band or sect of adherents. “Coleridge and his sequela.” G. P. Marsh. (b.) That which follows as the logical result of a course of…Sē'quence, n. p. 1204The state or quality of being sequent; order of following; succession. How art thou a king But by fair sequence and succession? Shak. 2. That which follows or succeeds; sequel; consequence. “The…Sē'quent, a. p. 1204Following; succeeding. What to this was sequent thou knowest. Shak. 2. Consequential. [Rare.]Sē'quent, n. p. 1204A follower. [Obs.] Shak. 2. That which follows as a result or consequence; a sequence or sequel. [Rare.]Se-quĕn'tial, a. p. 1204Succeeding or following in order.Se-quĕn'tial-ly, adv. p. 1204In succession.Se-quĕs'ter, v. t. p. 1204(Law.) To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to…Se-quès'ter, v. i. p. 1204To withdraw; to be apart. [Obs.] “To sequester out of the world into Atlantic and European politics.” Milton. 2. (Law.) To renounce, as a widow, any concern with the estate of her husband.Se-quē's'tĕr, n. p. 1204The act of sequestering; sequestration; separation. [Obs.] 2. (Law.) A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two…Se-quēs'tra-ble, a. p. 1204Capable of being sequestered or separated; subject or liable to sequestration.Se-quĕs'trāte, v. t. p. 1204To sequester. See SEQUESTER.Sēq'ues-trā'tion, n. p. 1204(Civil and Common Law.) The act of separating or setting aside a thing in controversy from the possession of both the parties that contend for it, to be delivered to the one adjudged entitled to it…Sēq'ues-trā'tor, n. p. 1204One who sequesters property, or takes the possession of it for a time, to satisfy a demand out of its rents or profits. 2. One to whom the keeping of sequestered property is committed.Se-quē'strum, n. p. 1204(Surg.) A portion of dead bone;—so called because it becomes separated from the sound portion.Sē'quin, n. p. 1204A gold coin of Italy and Turkey. [Written also chequin and zequin.] The average value of the sequin at Venice, and in other parts of Italy, is 9s. 6d. sterling, or about $2.30. In Turkey, the sequin…Se-răg'lĭo, n. p. 1204An inclosure; a place of separation. [Obs. and rare.] I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell as in a suburb by themselves. I passed by the piazza Judea, where their serraglio begins. Evelyn. 2.…Se-rā'ī, n. p. 1204A place for the accommodation of travelers in India and Tartary; a caravansary or rest-house.Sĕr'al-bū'men, n. p. 1204(Chem.) The albumen of the blood;—so called in distinction from that of the white of an egg or ovalbumen, from which it differs slightly in its chemical reactions. Miller.Se-rāng', n. p. 1204The boatswain of a vessel;—so called in the East Indies. Simmonds.Serape, n. p. 1204A blanket or shawl worn as an outer garment by the inhabitants of Spanish North America.Sĕr'aph, n. p. 1204See SĒRAPHIM. [From Heb. sārāph, to burn, to be eminent; Fr. sēraphin, Pr. & Sp. seraphin, serafín, Pg. seraphim, It. serafino.] An angel of the highest order. As full, as perfect, in vile man that…Se-rāph'ic or Se-rāph'ic-al, a. p. 1204Pertaining to, becoming or suitable to, a seraph; angelic; sublime; pure; refined. “Seraphic arms and trophies.” Milton. 2. Burning or inflamed with love or zeal.Se-rāph'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 1204In a seraphic manner; in the manner of a seraph.Se-rāph'īe-al-ness, n. p. 1204The state or quality of being seraphic.Se-rāph'i-çişm, n. p. 1204The character, quality, or state of a seraph; seraphicalness. [Rare.] Cudworth.Sĕr'a-phĭm, n. pl. p. 1204Angels of the highest order in the celestial hierarchy;—sometimes improperly written seraphims, as in the common English version of the Bible.Sĕr'aph-ī'nā, n. p. 1204A seraphine.