nò, môve, når, nôt;—tåbe, tåb, båll ;—8îl ;—pôånd,--thin, THIS.

SEAL, sèle. s. 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, se'lûr. s. 98., One that seals.
SEALINGWAX, se'ling-waks. s. Hard wax

used to seal letters.

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 su-
ture or otherwise; to mark, to scar with a long
cicatrix.

SEAMLESS, sème'lês. a. Having no seam.
SEAMSTRESS, sêm'strês. s. 234, 515. A wo-
man whose trade is to sew.
SEAMY, se'mè. a. Having a seam, showing the

seam.

Dry, not any longer green.
To burn, to cauterize.

A fine sieve or bolter.
To sift finely.

SEAR, sère. a. 227.
To SEAR, sère. v. a.
SEARCE, sêrse. s. 234.
To SEARCE, sêrse. v. a.
SEARCLOTH, sère'klôth. s.
plaster.

A plaster, a large

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 find by seeking.

To SEARCH, sêrtsh. 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, sértsh'år. 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; to 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-å-bl. a. 405. Opportune,
happening or done at a proper time.
SEASONABLENESS, sé'z'n-å-bl-nês. s. Op-
portuneness of time; propriety with regard to
time.

SEASONABLY, sè'z'n-â-blè. ad. Properly with
respect to time.

To SECEDE, sé-sèèd'. v. a. To withdraw from fellowship in any affair.

||SECEDER, sè-sèèd'år. s. 98. One who discovers his disapprobation of any proceedings by withdrawing himself.

To SECERN, sè-sèrn'. 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, sè-klåde'. v. a. To confine from, to shut up apart, to exclude.

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

SECOND-HAND, sêk'kånd-hånd. s. 525. Possession received from the first possessor. SECOND, sêk'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'kånd. 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, sek-kånd-site'. s. The power of seeing things future, or things distant; supposed inherent in some of the Scottish islanders. SECONDARILY, sek'kån-då-rè-lè. ad. In the second degree, in the second order. SECONDARINESS, sèk'kån-dâ-rè-nês. s. The state of being secondary.

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

||SECONDARY, sèk'kån-dâ-rẻ. s. A delegate, a deputy.

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

SECONDRATE, sèk-kånd-råte'. s. The second order in dignity or value: it is sometimes used adjectively.

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

SECRET, sè'krit. a. 99. Kept hidden, not re-
vealed; retired, private, unseen; faithful to a
secret intrusted; privy, obscene.
SECRET, se krit. s. Something studiously hid-
den; a thing unknown, something not yet dis-
covered; privacy, secrecy,

SECRETÁRISHIP, sẻk'krè-tå-rẻ-ship. s. The
office of a secretary.
One intrusted
SECRETARY, sèk'krè-tâ-rè. s.
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 se-
parate.

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

SEASONER, sè'z'n-år. s. 98. 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; tribu-
nal; mansion, abode; situation, site.
To SEAT, sète. v. a. To place on seats; to
cause to sit down; to place in a post of autho-
rity or place of distinction; to fix in any par-SECTARISM, sèk'tå-rizm. s.
ticular place or situation, to settle; to fix, to
place firm.

SECRETNESS, sè'krit-nês. s. State of being
hidden; quality of keeping a secret.
SECRETORY, se-krè'tår-è. a. 512. Performing

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

the office of secretion.

SECT, sekt. s. A body of men following some particular master, or united in some tenets. Disposition to petty sects in opposition to things established. SECTARY, sek'ta-rè. 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 follower, an imitator, a disciple

559.-Fate, får, fåll, fat;-mè, mêt ;—pine, pîn ;

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'tår. s. 166. Å mathematical in-
strument for laying down or measuring angles.
SECULAR, sek 'ků-lar. a. 88. Not spiritual, re-
lating to affairs of the present world: in the
Church of Rome, not bound by monastick
rules; happening or coming once in a century.
SECULARITY, sẽk-kù-lâr'è-tè. s. Worldliness,
attention to the things of the present life.
To SECULARIZE, sek ́ků-lâ-rize. v. a. To con-
vert from spiritual appropriations to common
use; to make worldly.

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

manner.

SECULARNESS, sẻk'ku-lår-nês. s. Worldli

ness.

SECUNDINE, sêk'kån-dine. s. 149. The membrane in which the embryo is wrapped, the after-birth.

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

To SECURE, sè-kůre'. v. a. To make certain,
to put out of hazard, to ascertain; to protect, to
make safe; to insure; to make fast.
SECURELY, sè-kůre'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, sè-dân'. s. A kind of portable coach,

a chair.

SEDATE, se-date'. a. Calm, unruffled, serene. SEDATELY, sè-date'lè. ad. Calmly, without disturbance.

376. Assiduous, industrious, laborious, diligent, painful. SEDULOUSLY, sêd'dà-lås-lè. ad. Assiduously, industriously, laboriously, diligently, painfully. SEDULOUSNESS, sêd'dă-lås-nês. s. Assiduity assiduousness, industry, diligence.

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

To SEE, sèẻ. v. a. To perceive by the eye; to observe, to find; to discover, to descry; to converse with.

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.

SEE, sèè. interject. Lo, look!

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-kake'. s. A sweet cake in-
terspersed with warm aromatick seeds.
SEEDLIP, sèèd'lip.
SEEDLOP, sèèd'lồp.
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the sower carries his seed. SEEDPEARL, seed-pèrl'.s. Small grains of pearl |SEEDPLOT, sèèd ́plôt. s. The ground on which plants are sowed to be afterwards transplanted. SEEDTIME, séèd time. s. The season of sowing. SEEDLING, sèèd'Ing. s. 410. A young plant just risen from the seed.

SEEDSMAN, sèèdz'mån. s. 88. The sower, he
that scatters the seed.

SEEDY, sèèd'è. a. 182. Abounding with seed.
SEEING, seeing. s. 410. Sight, vision.
SEEING, seeing.

SEDATENESS, sè-date'nês. s. Calmness, tran-SEEING THAT, sèè'ing-THât.
quillity,

SEDENTARINESS, sêd'dên-tå-ré-nês. s. The state of being sedentary, inactivity. SEDENTARY, sẻddẻn-ta-rẻ. a. Passed in sitting 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, sedje. s. A growth of narrow flags, a narrow flag.

SEDGY, sêd'jè. a, Overgrown with narrow flags.

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

it being so that.

ad. Since,

To SEEK, seek. 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, sèèk. 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, sèèm. 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 affirmation, it appears to be.

SEDITION, se-dish ́ån. s. A tumult, an insur-SEEMER, sèèm år. s. 98. One that carries an

rection, a popular commotion. SEDITIOUS, sè-dish ́ås.

appearance.

a. Factious with tu-SEEMING, sèèming. s. 410. Appearance, show, resemblance; fair appearance; opinion. SEDITIOUSLY, sè-dish'ås-lè. ad. Tumultuous- SEEMINGLY, seeming-lè, ad. In appearance,

mult, turbulent.

ly, with factious turbulence.

SEDITIOUSNESS, sè-dish'as-nês. s.

lence, disposition to sedition.

in show, in semblance.

Turbu-SEEMINGNESS, sèèming-nês. s. Plausibility,

fair appearance.

someness, comeliness, grace, beauty.
SEEMLY, sèèm lè. a. 182. Decent, becoming,
proper, fit.

SEEMLY, sèèm'lè. ad. In a decent manner, in
a proper manner.
SEEN, séén. a. 246. Skilled, versed.
SEER, sèèr. s. One who sees; a prophet, one

To SEDUCE, sé-dåse'. v. a. To draw aside from || SEEMLINESS, sèèm'lè-nës. s. Decency, handthe right, to tempt, to corrupt, to deprave, to mislead, to deceive. SEDUCEMENT, sè-duse'ment. s. Practice of seduction, art or means used in order to seduce. SEDUCER, sè-du'sår. s. 98. One who draws aside from the right, a tempter, a corrupter. SEDUCIBLE, sè-du'sé-bl. a. 405. Corruptible, capable of being drawn aside. SEDUCTION, se-dak'shån. s. The act of seducing, the act of drawing aside. SEDULITY, sè-dů'lè-tè. s. Diligent assiduity, laboriousness, industry, application. SEDULOUS, sêd'ù-lås, or sed'jú-lás. a. 293, 294,

who foresees future events.
SEERWOOD, sèèr'wåd. s.
SEARWOOD.

Dry wood-See
SEESAW, sé'saw. s. A reciprocating motion.
To SEESAW, sè'såw. v. n. To move with a re-
ciprocating motion.

-nỏ, môve, når, nôt ;—tùbe, tåb, båll ;—¿ll ;—påånd ;—thin, THIS. To SEETH, sèèтн. v. a. 246. To boil, to decoct || SEMBLANCE, sêm'blânse. s. Likeness, similiin hot liquor. tude; appearance, show, figure.

To SEETH, sèèтH. v. n. 467. To be in a state of SEMBLANT, sem blånt. a. Like, resembling, ebullition, to be hot.

having the appearance of any thing. Little used. SEMBLATIVE, sem blå-tiv. a. 512. Resembling.

SEETHER, seeтн ́ar. s. 98. A boiler, a pot.
SEGMENT, sêg'ment. s. A figure contained be-||To
tween a chord and an arch of the circle, or so
much of the circle as is cut off by that chord.
To SEGREGATE, sẻg'grẻ-gåte. v. a.
To set
apart, to separate from others.
SEGREGATION, sêg-grè-gà'shân. s. Separation
from others.

SEIGNEURIAL, sè-nú'rè-ål. a. 250. Invested
with large powers, independent.

SEIGNIOR, sène'yår. s. 166. A lord. The title
of honour given by Italians.
SEIGNIORY, sène'yår-è. s. 113. A lordship, a
territory.

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

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

over.

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

To SEIZE, sèze. 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, sè'zin. s. The act of taking possession;
the things possessed.
SEIZURE, se zhure. s. 450. The act of seizing;
the thing seized; the act of taking forcible
possession; gripe, possession; catch.
SELDOM, sal' dům. ad. 166. Rarely, not often.
SELDOMNESS, sel'dům-nês. S. Uncommon-

ness, rareness.

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

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SEMBLE, sêm'bl. v. n. 405. To represent, to make a likeness.

SEMI, sm'm, s. 192. A word which, used in
Composition, signifies half.

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

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

SEMICIRCLE, sêm'mè-ser-kl. s. A half round,
part of a circle divided by the diameter.
SEMICIRCLED, sêm-mè-sêr'kl'd.
SEMICIRCULAR, sêm-mè-sẻr’ků-lâr.
88, 359.

a. Half

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round. 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-dl-âmè-tur. s. 98. Half the line, which, drawn through the centre of a circle, divides it into two equal parts. SEMIFLUID, sm-mé-fluid. a. Imperfectly fluid. SEMILUNAR, sem mé-là'når. 88. SEMILUNARY, som-me-lunare. } Resem

a.

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

SEMINALITY, sêm-è̟-nål'è-tè. s. The nature of
seed; the power of being produced.
SEMINAL, sem'è-nål. a. 88. Belonging to seed;
contained in the seed, radical.

SEMINARY, sêm'è-nâ-rè: 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 transplanted
into life.

sowing.

SELECTNESS, sè-lêkt'nès. s. The state of be-SEMINATION, sêm-è-nå'shån. s. The act of ing select. SELECTOR, sè-lêk'tår. s. 166. He who selects SELENOGRAPHY, sel-le-nóg grâf-è. s. 518. A description of the moon.

SEMI VIFICAL, sêm-è-n?f'è-kål. a. Produc-
SEMINIFICK, sem-e-nif'îk. 509.
tive of seed.

propagation from the seed or seminal parts. SEMIOPACOUS, sem-mé-d-pa'k's. a. Half dark. SEMIORDINATE, sêm-mé-år'de-nåte. S. A 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-ka'shan. s. The nification seems to be that of an adjective; very, particular, this above others: it is united both to the personal pronouns, and to the neu tral pronoun It, and is always added when they are used reciprocally, as, I did not hurt Him, he hurt Himself. The people hiss Me, but I clap Myself: compounded with Him, a pronoun 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, self'ish. a. Attentive only to one's own interest, void of regard for others. SELFISHNESS, selfish-nos. s.

Attention to his own interest, without any regard to others; self-love.

SELFISHLY, selfish-lé. ad With regard only to
his own interest, without love of others.
SELF-SAME, self'same. 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, sẻl'lân-dår. s. 98. A dry scab in
a horse's hough or pastern.

SELLER, sel'lår. s. 98. The person that sells, vender.

SEMIPEDAL, sè-mip'è-dâl: a. 518. Containing
half a foot.

SEMIPELLUCID, sem-mè-pêl-lù'sid. a. Half
clear, imperfectly transparent.
SEMIPERSPICUOUS, sem-mè-pêr-spîk'ù-ůs. a.
Half transparent, imperfectly clear.
SEMIQUADRATE, sem-mè-kwa'dråt. 91.
SEMIQUARTILE, sem-mè-kwår'til. 140.
In Astronomy, an aspect of the planets when
distant from each other forty-five degrees, or
one sign and a half.

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SEM QUAVER, sẻm'mè-kwa-vêr. s. In Musick, a note containing half the quantity of the

quaver.

In

SEMIQUINTILE, sêm-mè-kwin'til. s. 140.
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, sêm-mê-sfèr'rè-kál. a. 88
Belonging to half a sphere.

SELVAGE, sêl'vidje. s. 90. The edge of cloth
where it is closed by complicating the threads
SELVES, selvz. The plural of Self.
SEMBLABLE, sêm'blå-bl. a. 405. Like, re-
sembling.
SEMBLABLY, sêm'blå-blè. ad. With resem-SEMITERTIAN, sêm-me-tår'shẳn. s.
blance.

SEMISPHEROIDAL, sẻm-mè-sfè-roid'âl. a.
Formed like a half spheroid.
An ague

compounded of a tertian and a quotidian.

559.-Fate, får, fåll, fåt ;—mè, mêt ;-pine, pîn ;—

Eternal in

SEMIVOWEL, sêm'mè-vôå-il. s. A consonant SENSIBILITY, sen-sè-bîl'è-tè. s. Quickness of which has an imperfect sound of its own. SEMPITERNAL, sêm-pè-tèr ́nål. a. futurity, having beginning, but no end: in Poetry, it is used simply for eternal. SEMPITERNITY, sem-pè-ter'nè-tè. s. Future duration without end. SEMPSTRESS, sèm'strẻs. s. 515. A woman whose business is to sew, a woman who lives by her needle.-This word ought to be written Seamstress.

Be

SENARY, sen'nâ-rè. a.-See GRANARY. longing to the number six, containing six. SENATE, sen nåt. s. 91. An assembly of counsellors, a body of men set apart to consult for the publick good.

SENATEHOUSE, sản nất-house. S. Place of publick council.

SENATOR, sen'nå-tår. s. 166. A publick coun

sellor.

SENATORIAN, sen-na-torn
SENATORIAL, sen-na-to'rè-âl. 2 a. Belong-

ing to senators, befitting senators.

To SEND, send. v. a. To despatch from one
place to another; to commission by authority
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'år. s. 98. He that sends.
SENESCENCE, sè-nès sénse. s. 510. The state
of growing old, decay by time.
SENESCHAL, sen'nes-kal. s. One who had in
great houses the care of feasts, or domestick

ceremonies.

I Dr. Kenrick pronounces the ch in this word like sh; but Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scott, Buchanan, 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, se'nile. a. 140. Belonging to old age, consequent on old age.

SENIOR, se'nè-år, or sène'yår. s. 113. One old

er than another, one who on account of longer time has some superiority; an aged person. SENIORITY, se-ne-ôr 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.

SENNIGHT, sẻn'nit. s. 144.

The space of se

ven nights and days, a week. SENOCULAR, sé-nok'ku-lâr. a. Having six eyes. SENSATION, sen-sa'shun. s. Perception by means of the senses.

sensation; quickness of perception.
SENSIBLE, sen'sè-bl. a. 405. Having the pow
er of perceiving by the senses; perceptible by
the senses; perceived by the mind; perceiving
by either mind or senses; having moral per-
ception; having quick intellectual feeling, be-
ing easily or strongly affected; convinced, per-
suaded in low conversation, it has sometimes
the sense of reasonable, judicious, wise.
SENSIBLENESS, sên'sé-bl-nés. s. Possibility to
be perceived by the senses; actual perception
by mind or body; quickness of perception, sen-
sibility; painful consciousness.

SENSIBLY, sẽn sé-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, sén'sè-tiv. a. 157. Having sense of
perception, but not reason.
SENSITIVELY, sén'sè-tiv-lè. ad. In a sensitive

manner.

SENSORIUM, sen-so'rè-ům. }

S. The part SENSORY, sen'so-ré. 557. where the senses transmit their perceptions to the mind, the seat of sense; organ of sensation. SENSUAL, sản shu-al. 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-al-ist. s. A carnal person, one devoted to corporeal pleasures. SENSUALITY, sẽn-shù-ál'é-tè. s. Addiction to brutal and corporeal pleasures.

To SENSUALIZE, sên'sbù-â-lize. v. a. To sink to sensual pleasures, to degrade the mind into subjection to the senses.

SENSUALLY, sen'shù-ål-è. ad. In a sensual

manner.

SENSUOUS, sen'shù-us. a. 452. Tender, pathetick, 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, sën tense. v. a. To pass the last judgment on any one; to condemn. SENTENTIOSITY, sen-tên-shè-ós ́è-tè. s. Comprehension in a sentence.

SENTENTIOUS, sen-ten'shus. a. 292, 314. Abounding with short sentences, axioms, and maxims, short and energetick. SENTENTIOUSLY, sen-ten'shas-lè. ad. In short sentences, with striking brevity. SENTENTIOUSNESS, sen-ten'shůs-nës. Pithiness of sentences, brevity with strength. SENTERY, sen'tèr-è. s. One who is sent to watch in a garrison, or in the outlines of an

army.

SENTIENT, sen'shè-ênt. a. 542. Perceiving, having perception.

SENTIENT, sén'shè-ênt. s. He that has perception.

SENTIMENT, sên'tè-ment. s. Thought, notion, opinion; the sense considered distinctly from the language or things, a striking sentence in a composition.

SENSE, sense. s. 427, 431. Faculty or power by which external objects are perceived; perception 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; consciousness, conviction; moral perception; meaning, import. SENSELESS, sense'lès. a. Wanting sense, 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'lés-iè. ad In a senseless manner, stupidly, unreasonably. SENSELESSNESS, séns'lés-nès. s. Folly, ab- SEPARABLENESS, sep ́pår-á-bl-nès. s. Capa

surdity.

SENTINEL, sen'tè-nél. s. One who watches or
keeps guard to prevent surprise.
SENTRY, sen'trẻ. s. A watch, a sentinel, one
who watches in a garrison or army; guard,
watch, the duty of a sentry.

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

bleness of being separable.

-no, move, nor, nôt ;-tube, tåb, båll ;-dil ;-pôând ;-thin, THIS.
"I am glad to see that time survive,
"Where merit is not sepulchred alive."

To SEPARATE, sêp'pâr-àte. v. a. To break, to
divide into parts; to disunite, to disjoin; to
Bever from the rest; to set apart; to segre-
gate; to withdraw.

To SEPARATE, sêp'pår-åte. v. n. To part, to be disunited.

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

SEPARATELY, sêp'pår-ât-lè. ad. Apart, singly, distinctly.

SEPARATENESS, sêp'pâr-ât-nês. s. The state of being separate.

SEPARATION, sêp-pâr-à'shån. s. The act of separating, disjunction; the state of being separate, disunion; the chymical analysis, or operation of disuniting things mingled; divorce, disjunction from a married state.

SEPARATIST, såp'pår-å-tist. s. One who divides from the Church, a schismatick. SEPARATOR, sep'pâr-â-tår. s. 521. One who divides, a divider.

SEPARATORY, sep'pâr-â-tår-è. a. 512. Used in separation.

SEPOSITION, sẻp-pò-zish'an. s. 530. The act
of setting apart, segregation.

SEPT, sept. s. A clan, a race, a generation.
SEPTANGULAR, sep-tang'gu-lår. a.

seven corners or sides.

Having

Ben Jonson.

"Thou so sepulchred in such pomp dost lie,
"That kings for such a tomb would wish to die."
Milton.

To accent this word on the second syllable, as
Shakspeare and Milton have done, is agreea-
ble to a very general rule, that when we intro-
duce 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 ex-
ceptions, 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
sepul'ure, on the contrary, being formed from
sepultura, by dropping a syllable the accent re-
moves to the first, (see ACADEMY.) As a con-
firmation that the current pronunciation of Se-
pulchre was with the accent on the second sylla-
ble, every old inhabitant of London can recol-
lect always having heard the Church called by
that name so pronounced: but the antepenulti-
mate accent seems now so fixed as to make 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 both of 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. John-
ston places the accent on the second syllable of
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, sè-pål ́kůr. v. a. 493.
bury, to entomb.

To

SEPULTURE, sêp'pål-túre. s. 177. Interment, burial.

SEPTUAGENARY, sep-tshu-âd'jè-nâ-rè. a. 463,||SEQUACIOUS, sè-kwa'shus. a. 414. Following,

528. Consisting of seventy. SEPTUAGESIMAL, sep-tshů-a-jês'sè-mål. a. Consisting of seventy.

SEPTUAGINT, sep'tshu-â-jint. s. 463. The old Greek version of the Old Testament, so called as being supposed the work of seventy-two interpreters.

SEPTUPLE, sep'tù-pl. a. 405. Seven times as

much.

SEPULCHRAL, sè-pål'krål. a. Relating to burial, relating to the grave, monumental. SEPULCHRE, sep'půl-kår. s. 416, 177. A grave,

a tomb.

attendant; ductile, pliant. SEQUACITY, sè-kwâs'è-tè. s. Ductility, tough

To sepa

Subject

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 original accent on the second syllable, either others; to deprive of possessions. by the necessity or caprice of the poets, or by SEQUESTRABLE, sè-kwès'trå-bl. a. its similitude to the generality of words of this to privation; capable of separation. form and number of syllables, 503, which gene-To SEQUESTRATE, sè-kwês'tråte. v. n. 91. To rally have the accent on the first syllable. Dr. Johnson tells us it is accented by Shakspeare and Milton on the second syllable, but by Jonson and Prior more properly on the first: and he might have added, as Shakspeare has sometimes done:

Ah me! this sight of death is as a bell "That warus my old age to its sepulchre."

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

sequester, to separate from company. SEQUESTRATION, sek-was-tra'shůn. 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. One
who takes from a man the profits of his posses-
sions.

SERAGLIO, sé-rál'yd. s. 388. A house of wo-
men kept for debauchery.
SERAPH, sêr'râf. s. 413. One of the orders of
angels.