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nó, môve, nỗr, nôt ;—tube, tub, bull;ill;—pound,thin, THI.
To SECEDE, sè-sèèd'. v. a
fellowship in any affair.

SEAL, sèle. 8. 227. The seacalf.
SEAL, sèle. s. A stamp engraved with a par-
ticular impression, which is fixed upon the wax
that closes letters, or affixed as a testimony;
the impression made in wax; any act of con-
firmation.

To SEAL, sèle. v. a. To fasten with a seal; to
confirm or attest by a seal; to confirm, to
ratify, to settle; to shut, to close; to mark with

a stamp.

To SEAL, sèle. v. n. To fix a seal, SEALER, selår. s. 98. One that seals. SEALINGWAX, sè'ling-waks. s.

used to seal letters.

Hard wax

SEAM, sème. s. 227. The edge of cloth where the threads are doubled, the suture where the two edges are sewed together; the juncture of planks in a ship; a cicatrix, a scar; grease, hog's lard. In this last sense not used.

To SEAM, sème. v. a. To join together by sutare or otherwise; to mark, to scar with a long cicatrix.

SEAMLESS, seme lês. a. Having no seam, SEAMSTRESS, sêm'strès. s. 231, 515. A woman whose trade is to sew.

SEAMY, sè'mè. a. Having a seam, showing the

seam.

SEAR, sère. a. 227. Dry, not any longer green. To SEAR, sère. v. a. To burn, to cauterize. SEARCE, sérse. s. 234. A fine sieve or bolter. To SEARCE, sèrse. v. a. To sift finely. SEARCLOTH, sère'kloth. s. A plaster, a large plaster.

To SEARCH, sêrtsh. v. a. 234. To examine, to try, to explore, to look through; to inquire, to seek; to probe as a chirurgeon; to search out, to fund by seeking.

To SEARCH, sertsh. v. n. To make a search; to make inquiry; to seek, to try to find. SEARCH, sertsh. s. Inquiry by looking into every suspected place; inquiry, examination, act of seeking; quest, pursuit. SEARCHER, sèrtsh'ur. s. Examiner, inquirer, trier; officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death.

SEASON, sè'z'n. s. 227, 443. One of the four parts of the year, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter; a time as distinguished from others; a fit time, an opportune occurrence; a time not very long; that which gives a high relish. To SEASON, sè'z'n. v. a. 170. To mix with food any thing that gives a high relish; to give a relish to; to qualify by admixture of another ingredient; o imbue, to tinge or taint; to fit for any use by time or habit, to mature. To SEASON, sè'z'n. v. n. To be mature, to grow fit for any purpose.

SEASONABLE, sè'z'n-â-bl. a. 405. Opportune, happening or done at a proper time. SEASONABLENESS, sé'z'n-â-bl-nês. s. Opportuneness of time; propriety with regard to time. SEASONABLY, sè'z'n-â-blè. ad. Properly with respect to time.

To withdraw from

SECEDER, sè-seed'år. s. 98. One who discovers his disapprobation of any proceedings oy with. drawing himself.

To SECERN, sè-sern'. v. a. To separate finer from grosser matter, to make the separation of substances in the body.

SECESSION, sè-sêsh an. s. The act of departing; the act of withdrawing from councils or actions.

To SECLUDE, sé-klude'. v. a. To confine from, to shut up apart, to exclude.

SECOND, sek kind, a. 166. The next in order to the first; the ordinal of two; next in value or dignity, inferiour.

SECOND-HAND, sèk kind-hånd. s. 525. Possession received from the first possessor. SECOND, sek'kånd. s. One who accompanies another in a duel, to direct or defend him; one who supports or maintains; the sixtieth part of a minute.

To SECOND, sek'kund. v. a. To support, to forward, to assist, to come in after the act as a maintainer; to follow in the next place. SECOND-SIGHT, sêk-kånd-site'. s. The power of seeing things future, or things distant; supposed inherent in some of the Scottish islanders. SECONDARILY, sèk'kản-dâ-rè-le. ad. In the second degree, in the second order.

SECONDARINESS, sèk'kân-dâ-rẻ-nês. 6. The state of being secondary.

SECONDARY, sêk'kân-dâ-rè. a. Not primary, not of the first rate; acting by transmission or deputation.

SECONDARY, sêk'kōn-dâ-rè, s, A delegate, a deputy.

||SECONDLY, sêk'kånd-lè. ad. In the second place.

SECONDRATE, sêk-kund-rate'. s. The second order in dignity or value; it is sometimes used adjectively.

SECRECY, sè'krè-sè. s. Privacy, state of being hidden; solitude, retirement; forbearance of discovery; fidelity to a secret, taciturnity inviolate; close silence.

SECRET, se krit. a. 99. Kept hidden, not re. vealed; retired, private, unseen; faithful to a secret intrusted; privy, obscene, SECRET, se krit. s. Something studiously hidden; a thing unknown, something not yet discovered; privacy, secrecy.

SECRETARISHIP, sek'kre-ta-re-ship. s. The office of a secretary. SECRETARY, sek'krè-tâ-rè. s. One intrusted with the management of business, one who writes for another.

To SECRETE, sè-krète. v. a. To put aside, to, hide in the animal economy, to secern, to separate.

SECRETION, sè-krẻ ́shẳn. s. The part of the animal economy that consists in separating the various fluids of the body; the fluid secreted SECRETITIOUS, sek-re-tish'as. a. 530. Parted by animal secretion. SECRETIST, sé'kré-tist. s. A dealer in secrets. SECRETLY, sè'krit-lè. ad. Privately, privily, not openly, not publickly.

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SECRETNESS, sè'krit-nes. s. State of being hidden; quality of keeping a secret. SECRETORY, se-kre tár-é. a. 512. Performing

SEASONER, sè'z'n-år. s. 93. He who seasons or gives a relish to any thing. SEASONING, sè'z'n-ing. s. 410. That which is added to any thing to give it a relish. SEAT, sète. s. 227. A chair, bench, or any thing on which one may sit; a chair of state; tribunal; mansion, abode; situation, site. To SEAT, sète. v. a. To place on seats; to cause to sit down; to place in a post of authority or place of distinction; to fix in any par-SECTARISM, sek'tâ-rizm. s. Disposition to ticular place or situation, to settle; to fix, to place firm.

SEAWARD, sè'wård. ad. 88. Towards the sea. SECANT, sé'kânt. s. In Geometry, the right line drawn from the centre of a circle, catting and meeting with another line called the tanzent, without it

the office of secretion.

SECT, sekt. s. A body of men following some particular master, or united in some tenets.

petty sects in opposition to things established. SECTARY, sek'ta-re. s. One who divides from publick establishment, and joins with those distinguished by some particular whims; a follower, a pupil.

SECTATOR, sêk-tå'tår s. 521, A followa imitator, a disciple

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559.-Fate, får, fåll, fåt;—mẻ, mêt ;—plne, pin ;—

376. Assiduous, industrious, laborious, dili gent, painful.

SEDULOUSLY, sêd'dá-lñs-lè. ad. Assiduously, industriously, laboriously, diligently, painfully. SEDULOUSNESS, sèd'do-lus-uês. s. Assiduity assiduousness, industry, diligence.

SECTION, sek'shan. s. The act of cutting or dividing; a part divided from the rest; a small and distinct part of a writing or book. SECTOR, sek'tür. s. 166. A mathematical instrument for laying down or measuring angles. SFCULAR, sekkelår. a. 88. Not spiritual, relating to affairs of the present world: in the Church of Rome, not bound by monastick| rules; happening or coming once in a century.To SEE, sée. v. a. To perceive by the eye; to SECULARITY, sek-ku-lâr'è-tè. s. Worldliness, observe, to find; to discover, to descry; to attention to the things of the present life. converse with. To SECULARIZE, sėk ́ku-lä-ríze. v. a. To convert from spiritual appropriations to common use; to make worldly.

SECULARLY, sêk'ků-lår-lè. ad. In a worldly

manner.

SECULARNESS, sêk'kủ-lôr-nês. s.

ness.

SEE, séè. s. 246. The seat of episcopal power, the diocess of a bishop.

To SEE, sèè. v. n. To have the power of sight to have by the eye perception of things distant; to discern without deception; to inquire, to distinguish; to be attentive; to scheme, to contrive.

Worldli-SEE, sèè. interject. Lo, look'

SECUNDINE, sk'kan-dine. s. 149. The meinbrane in which the embryo is wrapped, the after-birth.

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SECURE, sè-kåre'. a. Free from fear, easy,
assured; careless, wanting caution; free from||
danger, safe.

To SECURE, sè-kùre'. v. a. To make certain,
to put out of hazard, to ascertain; to protect, to
make safe; to insure; to make fast.
SECURELY, sè-kare'lè. ad. Without fear, with-
out danger, safely.
SECUREMENT, sè-kure'ment. s. The cause
of safety, protection, defence.
SECURITY, sé-ku're-tè. s. Carelessness, free-
dom from fear, confidence ; want of vigilance;
protection, defence; any thing given as a
pledge or caution, insurance; safety, certainty.
SEDAN, sé-dân'. s. A kind of portable coach,
a chair.

SEED, sèèd. s. 246. The organized particle produced by plants and animals, from which new plants and animals are generated; first principle, original; principle of production, progeny, offspring; race, generation.

To SEED, sèèd. v. n. To grow to perfect matu-
rity so as to shed the seed.

SEEDCAKE, sèèd-kåke'. s. A sweet cake in-
terspersed with warm aromatick seeds.
SEEDLIP, seed lip.
SEEDLOP, sèèd ́lop.
s. A vessel in which

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the sower carries his seed. SEEDPEARL, sèèd-perl'.s. Small grains of pear! SEEDPLOT, sèèd'plot. s. The ground on which plants are sowed to be afterwards transplanted. SEEDTIME, seed'time. s. The season of sowing. SEEDLING, sèèd'ling. s. 410. A young plant just risen from the seed.

SEEDSMAN, seedz'man. s. 88. The sower, he

that scatters the seed.

SEDATE, se-date'. a. Calm, unruffled, serene. SEEDY, sèèd'è. a. 182. Abounding with seed. SEDATELY, sé-date'lé. ad. Calmly, without|SEEING, seeing. s. 410. Sight, vision.

disturbance.

SEDATENESS, sè-datenes. B. Calmness,tran-
quillity
SEDENTARINESS, sêd'dên-tâ-ré-nês. s. The
state of being sedentary, inactivity.
SEDENTARY, sêd'dên-ta-rẻ. a. Passed in sit-
ting still, wanting motion or action; torpid,|
inactive.

We sometimes hear this word with the accent on the second syllable; but I find this pronunciation only in Buchanan. Dr. Johnson, Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scott, W. Johnston, Dr. Ash, Dr. Kenrick, Mr. Perry, Bailey, Barclay, Fenning, Entick, and Smith, place the accent on the first syllable.

SEDGE, sêdje. s. A growth of narrow flags, a narrow flag.

SEDGY, sédjè. a. Overgrown with narrow flags

SEDIMENT, sèd'è-ment. s. That which subsides or settles at the bottom.

SEDITION, sé-dish'ân ́s. A tumult, an insur-|| rection, a popular commotion.

SEEING, seeing.
SEEING THAT, sẻng-Thất,
it being so that.

ad. Since,

To SEEK, sèèk. v. a. Pret. Sought; Part. pass. Sought. To look for, to search for; to solicit, to endeavour to gain; to go to find; to pursue" by secret machinations.

To SEEK, seěk. v. n. 246. To make search, to make inquiry; to endeavour; to make pursuit; to apply to, to use solicitation; to endeavour after.

SEEKER, sèèk ́år. s. 98. One that seeks, an inquirer.

To SEEL, sèèl. v. a. 246. To close the eyes. A term of Falconry, the eyes of a wild or haggard hawk being for a time Seeled.

To SEEM, seem. v. n. 246. To appear, to make a show, to have semblance; to have the appear ance of truth. It seems; there is an appearance, though no reality. It is sometimes a slight af firmation, it appears to be.

SEEMER, sèèınûr. s. 98. One that carries an appearance.

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SEDITIOUS, sé-dish'às. a. Factious with tu-SEEMING, sèèm'ing. s. 410. Appearance, show, mult, turbulent.

SEDITIOUSLY, sè-dish'ûs-lè ad. Tumultuously, with factious turbulence. SEDITIOUSNESS, sé-dish'as-nes. s. Turbulence, disposition to sedition.

To SEDUCE, sè-duse'. v. a. To draw aside from the right, to tempt, to corrupt, to deprave, to mislead, to deceive.

SEDUCEMENT, sè-dùse'ment. s. Practice of seduction, art or means used in order to seduce. SEDUCER, sè-dů ́sår. s. 98. One who draws aside from the right, a tempter, a corrupter. SEDUCIBLE, se-d'se-bl. a. 405. Corruptible, capable of being drawn aside.

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SEEN, séén. a. 246. Skilled, versed.
SEER, sèèr. s. One who sees; a prophet, one
who foresees future events.

SEDUCTION, sé-dak'shan. s. The act of se-SEERWOOD, sèèr'wad. s. Dry wood.-See ducing, the act of drawing aside.

SEARWOOD.

SEDULITY, sé-dù'lè-tè. s. Diligent assiduity,SEESAW, se'såw. s. A reciprocating motion laboriousness, industry, application. To SEESAW, se'såw. v.n. To move with a re

SEDULOUS, sed ́d-lås, or séd'jà-lås. a. 293, 294, ciprocating motion.

-nỏ, move, når, nôt ;—tùbe, tåb, båll ;—ôîl ;—pôånd ;—thin, THIS.

To SEETH, sèèти. v. a. 216. To boil, to decoct || SEMBLANCE, sem blånse. s. Likeness, simili in hot liquor.

To SEETH, sééт. v. n. 467. To be in a state of
ebullition, to be hot.

SEETHER, sèèтH år. s. 99. A boiler, a pot.
SEGMENT, segment. s. A figure contained be-
tween a chord and an arch of the circle, or so
much of the circle as is cut off by that chord.
To SEGREGATE, seg'grè-gåte. v. a.
To set
apart, to separate from others.
SEGREGATION, seg-grè-gå'shûn. s. Separation
from others.

SEIGNEURIAL, sè-nú'rè-âl. a. 250. Invested
with large powers, independent.
SEIGNIOR, sene'yår. s. 166. A lord. The title
of honour given by italiaus.
SEIGNIORY, sene yår-è. s. 113. A lordship, a
territory.

SEIGNORAGE, sène'yår-idje. s. 90. Authority,
acknowledgment of power.

To SEIGNORIZE, sene'yår-ize. v. a. To lord

over.

SEINE, sène. s. A net used in fishing.

To SEIZE, séze. v. a. 250. To take possession of, to grasp, to lay hold on, to fasten on; to take forcible possession of by law.

To SEIZE, sèze. v. n. To fix the grasp or the power on any thing.

SEIZIN, se zin. s. The act of taking possession; the things possessed.

SEIZURE, se zhure. s. 450. The act of seizing; he thing seized; the act of taking forcible possession; gripe, possession; catch. SELDOM, sé dám. ad. 166. Rarely, not often. ELDOMNESS, sêl'dâm-nês. s. Uncommen

ness, rareness,

SELECT, sè-lekt'. v. a. To choose in preference to others rejected. SELECT, sé-lekt'. a. Nicely chosen, choice, culled out on account of superiour excellence. SELECTION, sè-lek'shan s. The act of culling or choosing, choice.

tude; appearance, show, figure.

SEMBLANT, sm'blånt. a. Like, resembling,
having the appearance of any thing. Little used
SEMBLATIVE, sem blå-tiv. a. 512. Resembling
To SEMBLE. sem'bl. v. n. 405. To represent,
to make a likeness.

SEMI, som'mè. s. 182. A word which, used in
Composition, signifies half.

SEMIANNULAR, sêm-mè-ân'nd-lår. a. Half
round.

SEMIBRIEF, sêm'mè-bref. s. A note in musick
relating to time.

SEMICIRCLE, sêm'mè-sår-kl. 8. A half round,
part of a circle divided by the diameter.
SEMICIRCLED, sêm-me-ser'kl'd.
SEMICIRCULAR, sêm-mè-ser'ku-lår.
88, 359.

round.

a. Halt

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SEMICOLON, sêm-mè-kỏ'lôn. s. Half a colon,
a point made thus [] to note a greater pause
than that of a comma.

SEMIDIAMETER, sẻm mè dâmè-tur.s. 93.
Half the line, which, drawn through the centre
of a circle, divides it into two equal parts.
SEMIFLUID. sêm-mè-laid. a. Imperfectly fluid.
SEMILUNAR, sem mé-là'når. 88. { a. Resent
SEMILUNARY, sẽm-mè-lů'nâr-è. }

bling in form a half-moon.
SEMIMETAL, sêm'mè-met-tl, s. Haif metal,
imperfect metal,

SEMINALITY, sêm-è-nåle-tè. s. The nature of
seed; the power of being produced.
SEMINAL, sem'è-nål a. 83 Belonging to seed,
contained in the seed, radical.

SEMINARY, sêm'è-nâ-rẻ. s. 512. The ground
where any thing is sown to be afterwards trans-
planted; the place or original stock whence
any thing is brought; seminal state; original
first principles; breeding place, place of edu
cation from whence scholars are transplanter.
into life.

SELECTNESS, sè-lêkt'nês. s. The state of be-SEMINATION, sêm-è-nå'shan. s. The act of ing select.

SELECTOR 12 tur. 3. 166. He who selects. SELENOGRAPHY, sel-lé-nog'gråi-è. s. 518. A description of the moon.

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line drawn, at right angles to and bisected by the axis, and reaching from one side of the section to another.

SELF, self. pron. plur Selves. Its primary sig- SEMINIFICATION, sêm-è-nif-è-kå ́shôn. s. The nification seems to be that of an adjective; ve- propagation from the seed or seminal parts. ry, particular, this above others: it is united SEMIOPACOUS, sêm-mè-d-på kås. a. Half dark. both to the personal pronouns, and to the neu-SEMIORDINATE, sem-me-or'dé-nåte. S. A tral pronoun It, and is always added when they are used reciprocally, as, I did not hurt Him, be hurt Himself. The people hiss Me, but I clap Myself: compounded with Him, a pro-SEMIPEDAL, sè-mîp ́è-dâl. a. 518. Containing noun substantive, Self is in appearance an adjective: joined to My, Thy, Our, Your, pronoun adjectives, it seems a substantive: it is much used in Composition.

SELFISH, selfish. a. Attentive only to one's
own interest, void of regard for others.
SELFISHNESS, self'ish-nes. s. Attention to
his own interest, without any regard to others;
self-love.

SELFISHLY, selfish-lè, ad With regard only to
bis own interest, without love of others.
SELF-SAME, self'shme. a. Numerically the

same.

To SELL, sel. v. a. To give for a price.

To SELL, sel. v. n. To have commerce or traf-
fick with one.

SELLANDER, sêl'lân-dår. s. 98. A dry scab in
a borse's hough or pastern.
SELLER, sél'lar. s. 98. The person that sells,
vender.

SELVAGE, sêl'vidje. s. 90. The edge of cloth
where it is closed by complicating the threads.
SELVES, selva. The plural of Self
SEMBLABLE, sèm'blå-bl. a. 405. Like, re-
sembling.

half a foot.

a. Hali

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SEMIPELLUCID, sêm-mè-pêl-là'sîd.
clear, imperfectly transparent.
SEMIPERSPICUOUS, sem-me-për-spîk'd-ås. a
Half transparent, imperfectly clear.
SEMIQUADRATE, sem-me-kwa'drat. 91.
SEMIQUARTILE, sem-in-kwår'til. 140. Š
In Astronomy, an aspect of the planets when
distant from each other forty-five degrees, or
one sign and a half.
SEMIQUAVER, sêm'mè-kwa-ver. s. In Musick,
a note containing half the quantity of the
quaver.
SEMIQUINTILE, sêm-mè-kwin ́til, s. 140. In
Astronomy, an aspect of the planets when at
the distance of thirty-six degrees from one an-
other.

SEMISEXTILE, sêm-mè-seks'til. s. 140. A Se
misixth, an aspect of the planets when they
are distant from each other one twelfth part of
a circle, or thirty degrees.
SEMISPHERICAL, sèm-mè-sfèr'rè-kál. a. 88
Belonging to half a sphere..
SEMISPHEROIDAL, sêm-mè-sfè-ròld'âl.
Formed like a half spheroid.

SEMBLABLY, sêm'bla-blè, ad. With resem-SEMITERTIAN, sêm-me-tår'shẳn. s.

blance.

a.

An ague

compounded of a tertian and a quotidian.

Quickness a

559.-Fate, får, fåll, fåt ;-mè, mêt ;~pine, pin ;-SEMIVOWEL, sêm'mè-vỏð-il. s. A consonant SENSIBILITY, sen-sè-bil'è-tè. s. which has an imperfect sound of its own. sensation; quickness of perception. SEMPITERNAL, sem-pe-têr nål. a. Eternal in SENSIBLE, sen'sè-bl. a. 405. Having the pow Futurity, having beginning, but no end: in Po- er of perceiving by the senses; perceptible by etry, it is used simply for eternal. the senses; perceived by the mind; perceiving SEMPITERNITY, sêm-pè-têr'nè-tè. s. Fature by either mind or senses having moral perduration without end. ception; having quick intellectual feeling, being easily or strongly affected; convinced, persuaded: in low conversation, it has sometimes the sense of reasonable, judicious, wise. SENSIBLENESS, sen'sé-bl-nês. s. Possibility to be perceived by the senses; actual perception by mind or body; quickness of perception, sensibility painful consciousness.

SEMPSTRESS, sêm'strês. s. 515. A woman whose business is to sew, a woman who lives by her needle.-This word ought to be written Seamstress.

SENARY, sen'nå-rè.

-See GRANARY. Be-
longing to the number six, containing six.
SENATE, sen'nât. s. 91. An assembly of coun-
sellors, a body of men set apart to consult for
the publick good.
SENATEHOUSE, sen'nât-house. s. Place of
publiek council.
SENATOR, sen'nå-tår. s. 166.
sellor.

SENATORIAL, sền-ni-torẻ-äl. 2
SENATORIAN, sen--to re-u

A publick coun

ing to senators, befitting senators.

a.

Belong

SENSIĚLÝ, sẽn'sè-blè. ad. Perceptibly to the
senses; with perception of either mind or body;
externally, by impression on the senses; with
quick intellectual perception: in low language,
judiciously, reasonably.
SENSITIVE, sen'se-tiv. a. 157. Having sense of
perception, but not reason.
SENSITIVELY, sen sé-tiv-lè. ad. In a sensitive

manner.

To SEND, send. v. a. To despatch from one|SENSORIUM, sẻn-sorẻ-m.
place to another; to commission by authority SENSORY, sen'sò-rẻ. 557.
to go and act; to grant as from a distant place;
to inflict as from a distance; to emit, to immit
to diffuse, to propagate.
To SEND, send. v. n.

To deliver or despatch a
message. To send for; to require by message,
to come or cause to be brought.
SENDER, send'ûr. s. 98. He that sends.
SENESCENCE, sè-učs scuse. s. 510. The state
of growing old, decay by time.
SENESCHAL, sen ́nès-kal. s. One who had in
great houses the care of feasts, or domestick
ceremonies.

Dr. Kenrick pronounces the ch in this word like sh; but Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scott, Buchauan, and Barclay, like k. As the word does not come from the learned languages, 352, if usage were equal, I should prefer Dr. Kenrick's pronunciation. The rest of our orthoepists either have not the word, or do not mark the sound of these letters.

SENILE, sé'nile. a. 140. Belonging to old age, consequent on old age.

SENIOR, sé'ué-àr, or sène'yår. s. 113. One old

er than another, one who on account of longer time has some superiority; an aged person. SENIORITY, sè-né-br è-tè. s. Eldership, priority of birth.

SENNA, sen'nå. s. A medicinal shrub growing In Egypt. An infusion of its leaves is a useful purgative. The leaves are of an oblong figure, sharp pointed at the ends, of a yellowish green colour, a faint smell, and subacrid bitterish taste,

5. The part

where the senses transmit their perceptions to the mind, the seat of seuse; organ of sensation. SENSUAL, sen'shù-ål. a. 452. Consisting in sense, depending on sense, affecting the senses, pleasing to the senses, carnal, not spiritual; devoted to sense, lewd, luxurious. SENSUALIST, sen'shu-ål-ist. s. A carnal per son, one devoted to corporeal pleasures. SENSUALITY, sén-shd-ál'é-tè. ́s. Addiction to brutal and corporeal pleasures.

To SENSUALIZE, sen'shu-a-lize. v. a. To sink to sensual pleasures, to degrade the mind ints subjection to the senses.

SENSUALLY, sén'shu-al-è. ad. In a sensual

manner.

SENSUOUS, sen'shu-us. a. 452. Tender, pa
thetick, full of passion.

SENT, sent. The part. pass. of Send.
SENTENCE, sen'tense. s. Determination or
decision, as of a judge, civil or criminal: it is
usually spoken of condemnation pronounced
by the judge; a maxim, an axiom, generally
moral; a short paragraph, a period in writing.
To SENTENCE, sen tense. v. a. To pass the
last judgment on any one; to condemn.
SENTENTIOSITY, sen-tên-shè-os'è-tè. s. Com-
prehension in a sentence.
SENTENTIOUS, sen-ten'shủs. a. 292, 314.
Abounding with short sentences, axioms, and
maxims, short and energetick.
SENTENTIOUSLY, sen-tën'shûs-lè. ad. In short
sentences, with striking brevity.
SENTENTIOUSNESS, sen-ten'shās-nės.

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Pithiness of sentences, brevity with strength. SENTERY, sên'têr-e. s. One who is sent to watch in a garrison, or in the outlines of an army.

SENTIENT, sen'slè-ent. a. 542. Perceiving,
having perception.
SENTIENT, sen'shë-ënt. s. He that has per-
ception.

SENTIMENT, sen'tè-mênt. 8. Thought, notion,
opinion; the sense considered distinctly from
the language or things, a striking sentence in a
composition.

SENNIGHT, sên'nît. s. 144. The space of seven nights and days, a week. SENOCULAR, se-nokku-lår. a. Having six eyes. SENSATION, sen-så shûn, s Perception by means of the senses. SENSE, sense. s. 427, 431. Faculty or power by which external objects are perceived; perption by the senses, sensation; perception of intellect, apprehension of mind; sensibility, quickness or keenness of perception; understanding, soundness of faculties; strength of natural reason; reason, reasonable meaning;| opinion, notion, judgment; cousciousness, conviction; moral perception; meaning, import. SENSELESS, sense les. a. Wanting sense,SENTRY, sen'trẻ. 8. A watch, a sentinel, one wanting life, void of all life or perception; unfeeling, wanting perception, unreasonable, stupid; contrary to true judgment; wanting sensibility, wanting quickness or keenness of perception; wanting knowledge, unconscious. SENSELESSLY, sense lès-lè. ad. In a senseless manner, stupidly, unreasonably. SENSELESSNESS, sens lès-nës. s. Folly, ab-SEPARABLENESS, sep'pár-á-bl-nès. s. Capa

surdity.

SENTINEL, sen'tè-nel. s. One who watches or keeps guard to prevent surprise.

who watches in a garrison or army; guard, watch, the duty of a sentry."

SEPARABILITY, sep-pár-a-bil'è-tè. s. The quality of admitting disunion or discerption. SEPARABLE, sep'par-a-bl. a. 405. Susceptive of disunion, discerptible; possible to be dis joined from something.

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o SEPARATE, sèp'pår-åte. v. a. To break, to||" I am glad to see that time survive, divide into parts; to disunite, to disjoin; to "Where merit is not sepulchred alive." sever from the rest; to set apart; to segregate; to withdraw. "Thou so sepulchred in such pomp dost lie, That kings for such a tomb would wish to die." Milton

SEPARATE, sep'pår-åte. v.n. To part, to“

be disunited.

EPARATE, sep'par-ât. a. 91. Divided from the rest; disunited from the body, disengaged from corporeal nature.

PARATELY, sep'pår-ât-lè. ad. Apart, singly, distinctly.

PARATENESS, sep'pår-ât-nês. s. The state of being separate.

PARATION, sẻp-pâr-à'shan. s. The act of eparating, disjunction; the state of being searate, disunion; the chymical analysis, or peration of disuniting things mingled; divorce, isjunction from a married state.

PARATIST, sep'pâr-å-tist. s. One who diides from the Church, a schismatick.

PARATOR, sep'pår-â-tår. s. 521. One who ivides, a divider.

PARATORY, sẻp pár-â-tår-è. a. 512. Used 1 separation.

POSITION, sep-po-zish'an. s. 530. The act
f setting apart, segregation.

PT, sept. s. A clan, a race, a generation.
PTANGULAR, sep-tang'gu-lår. a.
Even corners or sides.

Having

PTEMBER, sep-tëm bår. s. The ninth month the year, the seventh from March. PTENARY, sépten-nar-è. a. 512. Consistig of seven.

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TENTRIONALLY, sếp tên trẻ ăn là ad.
owards the north, northerly.
SEPTENTRIONATE, sep-ten'trè-d-nåte. v.
91. To tend northerly.
'TICAL, sêp'tè-kål. a. Having power to
omote or produce putrefaction.
TILATERAL, sép-te-láttér-al. a. Having
ven sides.

TUAGENARY, sep-tshù-âd'jè-nd-rè. a. 463,
2. Consisting of seventy.
TUAGESIMAL, scp-ishd-djesse-mal
nsisting of seventy.

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TUAGINT, sep'tshu-a-jint. s. 463. The old reek version of the Old Testament, so called being supposed the work of seventy-two inrpreters.

TUPLE, sep'tu-pl. a. 405. Seven times as ach.

ULCHRAL, se-půl'krål. a. Relating to bul relating to the grave, monumental. ULCHRE, sep'pål-kår. s. 416, 177. A grave, tomb.

To accent this word on the second syllable, as Shakspeare and Milton have done, is agreeable to a very general rule, that when we introduce into our own language a word from the Greek or Latin, and either preserve it entire, or the same number of syllables; in this case we preserve the accent on the same syllable as in the original word. This rule has some exceptions, as may be seen in the Principles, No. 503, (e,) but has still a very great extent. Now sepulchrum, from which this word is derived, has the accent on the second syllable; and se pulchre ought to have it on the same; while sepulture, on the contrary, being formed from sepultura, by dropping a syllable the accent removes to the first, (sec ACADEMY.) As a confirmation that the current pronunciation of Sepulchre was with the accent on the second syllable, every old inhabitant of London can recollect always having heard the Church called by that name so pronounced but the antepenultimate accent seems now so fixed as to inake an alteration hopeless. Mr. Forster, in his Essay on Accent and Quantity, savs that this is the common pronunciation of the present day; and Dr. Johnson, Mr. Elphinstone, Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scott, Dr. Kenrick, Dr. Ash, Mr. Perry, Barclay, Entick, and W. Johnston, place the accent on the first syllable bof this word and sepulture. Fenning places the accent on the second syllable of Sepulchre when a noun, and on the first when a verb. Mr. Sheridan very properly reverses this order: W. Johnston places the accent on the second syllable or Sepulture; and Bailey on the second of both. All our orthöepists place the accent on the se cond syllable of sepulchral, except Dr. Ash and Barclay, who place it upon the same syllable as in Sepulchre; and the uncouth pronunciation this accentuation produces, is a fresh proof of the impropriety of the common accent. 493. To SEPULCHRE, sé-půlkår, v. a. 493. bury, to entomb. SEPULTURE, sep'půl-tare. s. 177. Interment, burial.

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rate from others for the sake of privacy; to put aside, to remove; to withdraw, to segregate I consider this word as having altered its to set aside from the use of the owner to that of iginal accent on the second syllable, either others; to deprive of possessions. the necessity or caprice of the poets, or by SEQUESTRABLE, sè-kwès'trá-bl. a. similitude to the generality of words of this to privation ; capable of separation. an and number of syllables, 503, which gene-To SEQUESTRATE, sè-kwés'tråte. v. n. 91. To lly have the accent on the first syllable. Dr. hnson tells us it is accented by Shakspeare id Milton on the second syllable, but by Jona and Prior more properly on the first: and might have added, as Shakspeare has somenes done:

ime! this sight of death is as a bell at wants my old age to its sepulchre."

Shakspeare. to thy lady's grave and call her thence; at the least in hers, sepulchre thine." Shakspeare

sequester, to separate from company.
SEQUESTRATION, sek-was-tra'shun. s. 530.
Separation; retirement; disunion, disjunction,
state of being set aside; deprivation of the use
and profits of a possession.
SEQUESTRATOR, sek-wês-trå'tår. s. Oné
who takes from a man the profits of his posses-
sions.

SERAGLIO, sè-rål'yò. s. 338. A house of wo-
men kept for debauchery.
SERAPH, ser'râf. s. 413. One of the orders of
angels.

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