Webster's Dictionary 1913

3268

Sen

Sen (?), n. A Japanese coin, worth about one half of a cent.

3269

Sen (2)

Sen, adv., prep., & conj. [See Since.] Since.

3270

Senary

Sen″a‐ry (?), a. [L. senarius, fr. seni six each, fr. sex six. See Six.] Of six; belonging to six; containing six. Dr. H. More.

3271

Senate

Sen″ate (?), n. [OE. senat, F. sénat, fr. L. senatus, fr. senex, gen. senis, old, an old man. See Senior, Sir.] 1. An assembly or council having the highest deliberative and leg...

3272

Senator

Sen″a‐tor (?), n. [OE. senatour, OF. senatour, F. sénateur, fr. L. senator.] 1. A member of a senate.The duke and senators of Venice greet you. Shak.☞ In the United States, each...

3273

Senatorial

Sen′a‐to″ri‐al (?), a. [F. sénatorial, or L. senatorius.] 1. Of or pertaining to a senator, or a senate; becoming to a senator, or a senate; as, senatorial duties; senatorial di...

3274

Senatorially

Sen′a‐to″ri‐al‐ly, adv. In a senatorial manner.

3275

Senatorian

Sen′a‐to″ri‐an (?), a. Senatorial. De Quincey.

3276

Senatorious

Sen′a‐to″ri‐ous (?), a. Senatorial.

3277

Senatorship

Sen″a‐tor‐ship (?), n. The office or dignity of a senator. Carew.

3278

Senatusconsult

Se‐na′tus‐con‐sult″ (?), n. [L. senatus consultum.] A decree of the Roman senate.

3279

Send

Send (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sent (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Sending.] [AS. sendan; akin to OS. sendian, D. zenden, G. senden, OHG. senten, Icel. senda, Sw. sända, Dan. sende, Goth. sa...

3280

Send (2)

Send (?), v. i. 1. To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head? 2 Kings vi. 32.2. ...

3281

Send (3)

Send, n.(Naut.) The impulse of a wave by which a vessel is carried bodily. [Written also scend.] W. C. Russell. “The send of the sea”. Longfellow.

3282

Sendal

Sen″dal (?), n. [OF. cendal (cf. Pr. & Sp. cendal, It. zendale), LL. cendallum, Gr. ��� a fine Indian cloth.] A light thin stuff of silk. [Written also cendal, and sendal.] Chau...

3283

Sender

Send″er (?), n. One who sends. Shak.

3284

Senecas

Sen″e‐cas (?), n. pl.; sing. Seneca (�). (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited a part of Western New York. This tribe was the most numerous and most warlike of the...

3285

Senecio

‖Se‐ne″ci‐o (?), n.(Bot.) A very large genus of composite plants including the groundsel and the golden ragwort.

3286

Senectitude

Se‐nec″ti‐tude (?), n. [L. senectus aged, old age, senex old.] Old age. “Senectitude, weary of its toils.” H. Miller.

3287

Senega

Sen″e‐ga (?), n.(Med.) Seneca root.

3288

Senegal

Sen″e‐gal (?), n. Gum senegal. See under Gum.

3289

Senegin

Sen″e‐gin (?), n.(Med. Chem.) A substance extracted from the rootstock of the Polygala Senega (Seneca root), and probably identical with polygalic acid.

3290

Senescence

Se‐nes″cence (?), n. [See Senescent.] The state of growing old; decay by time.

3291

Senescent

Se‐nes″cent (?), a. [L. senescent, p. pr. of senescere to grow old, incho. fr. senere to be old.] Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time. “The night was senescent.” Poe. “...

3292

Seneschal

Sen″es‐chal (?), n. [OF. seneschal, LL. seniscalcus, of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. sineigs old, skalks, OHG. scalch, AS. scealc. Cf. Senior, Marshal.] An officer in the houses o...

3293

Seneschalship

Sen″es‐chal‐ship, n. The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a seneschal.

3294

Senge

Senge (?), v. t. To singe. Chaucer.