Webster's Dictionary 1913

3052

Semasiology

Se‐ma′si‐ol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. � signification + -logy.] (Philol.) The science of meanings or sense development (of words); the explanation of the development and changes of the ...

3053

Sematic

Se‐mat″ic (?), a. Significant; ominous; serving as a warning of danger; — applied esp. to the warning colors or forms of certain animals.

3054

Sematology

Sem′a‐tol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. ση̑μα, σήματοσ, sign + -logy.] The doctrine of signs as the expression of thought or reasoning; the science of indicating thought by signs. Smart.

3055

Sematrope

Sem″a‐trope (?), n. [Gr. ση̑μα sign + τρέπειν to turn.] An instrument for signaling by reflecting the rays of the sun in different directions. Knight.

3056

Semblable

Sem″bla‐ble (?), a. [F., from sembler to seem, resemble, L. similare, simulare. See Simulate.] Like; similar; resembling. Chaucer.

3057

Semblable (2)

Sem″bla‐ble, n. Likeness; representation.

3058

Semblably

Sem″bla‐bly, adv. In like manner. Shak.

3059

Semblance

Sem″blance (?), n. [F. See Semblable, a.] 1. Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.Thier semblance kind, and mild their gestures were. Fairfax.2. Likeness; resemblance, actual...

3060

Semblant

Sem″blant (?), a. [F. semblant, p. pr.] 1. Like; resembling. Prior.2. Seeming, rather than real; apparent. Carlyle.

3061

Semblant (2)

Sem″blant, n. 1. Show; appearance; figure; semblance. Spenser.His flatterers made semblant of weeping. Chaucer.2. The face. Wyclif (Luke xxiv. 5).

3062

Semblative

Sem″bla‐tive (?), a. Resembling.And all is semblative a woman's part. Shak.

3063

Semble

Sem″ble (?), v. i. [F. sembler. See Semblable, a.] 1. To imitate; to make a representation or likeness.Where sembling art may carve the fair effect. Prior.2. (Law) It seems; — c...

3064

Semble (2)

Sem″ble, a. Like; resembling. T. Hudson.

3065

Sembling

Sem″bling (?), n. [Cf. Assemble.] (Zoöl.) The practice of attracting the males of Lepidoptera or other insects by exposing the female confined in a cage.☞ It is often adopted by...

3066

Semé

‖Se‐mé″ (?), a. [F. semé, fr. semer to sow.] (Her.) Sprinkled or sown; — said of field, or a charge, when strewed or covered with small charges.

3067

Semeiography

{ Se′mei‐og″ra‐phy (?), orSe′mi‐og″ra‐phy (?) }, n. [Gr. σημει̑ον sign + -graphy.] (Med.) A description of the signs of disease.

3068

Semeiological

{ Se′mei‐o‐log″ic‐al (?), orSe′mi‐o‐log″io‐al }, a. Of or pertaining to the science of signs, or the systematic use of signs; as, a semeiological classification of the signs or ...

3069

Semeiology

{ Se′mei‐ol″o‐gy (–ŏl″ō̍‐jy̆), orSe′mi‐ol″o‐gy }, n. [Gr. σημει̑ον a mark, a sign + -logy.] The science or art of signs. Specifically: (a) (Med.) The science of the signs or sym...

3070

Semeiotic

{ Se′mei‐ot″ic (–ŏt″ĭk), orSe′mi‐ot″ic }, a. [Gr. σημειωτικόσ, fr. σημει̑ον a mark, a sign.] 1. Relating to signs or indications; pertaining to the language of signs, or to lang...

3071

Semeiotics

{ Se′mei‐ot″ics (?), orSe′mi‐ot″ics }, n. Semeiology.

3072

Semele

Sem″e‐le (?), n.(Gr. Myth.) A daughter of Cadmus, and by Zeus mother of Bacchus.

3073

Semen

‖Se″men (sē″mĕn), n.; pl.Semina (sĕm″ĭ‐nȧ). [L., from the root of serere, satum, to sow. See Sow to scatter seed.] 1. (Bot.) The seed of plants.2. (Physiol.) The seed or fecunda...

3074

Semeniferous

Sem′e‐nif″er‐ous (sĕm′ē̍‐nĭf″ẽr‐ŭs), a.(Biol.) Seminiferous.

3075

Semester

Se‐mes″ter (sē̍‐mĕs″tẽr), n. [G., from L. semestris half-yearly; sex six + mensis a month.] A period of six months; especially, a term in a college or university which divides t...

3076

Semi circumference

Sem′i cir‐cum″fer‐ence (?), n. Half of a circumference.

3077

Semi crustaceous

Sem′i crus‐ta″ceous (?), a. Half crustaceous; partially crustaceous.

3078

Semi pupa

Sem′i pu″pa (–pū″pȧ), n.(Zoöl.) The young of an insect in a stage between the larva and pupa.