Sequacity
Se‐quac″i‐ty (?), n. [L. sequacitas.] Quality or state of being sequacious; sequaciousness. Bacon.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Sequel
Se″quel (sē″kwĕl), n. [L. sequela, fr. sequit to follow: cf. F. séquelle a following. See Sue to follow.] 1. That which follows; a succeeding part; continuation; as, the sequel ...
Sequela
‖Se‐que″la (?), n.; pl.Sequelæ (#). [L., a follower, a result, from sequit to follow.] One who, or that which, follows. Specifically: (a) An adherent, or a band or sect of adher...
Sequence
Se″quence (sē″kwens), n. [F. séquence, L. sequentia, fr. sequens. See Sequent.] 1. The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.How art thou a kingBut...
Sequent
Se″quent (?), a. [L. sequens, -entis, p. pr. of sequi to follow. See Sue to follow.] 1. Following; succeeding; in continuance.What to this was sequentThou knowest already. Shak....
Sequent (2)
Se″quent, n. 1. A follower. Shak.2. That which follows as a result; a sequence.
Sequential
Se‐quen″tial (?), a. Succeeding or following in order. — Se‐quen″tial‐ly, adv.
Sequester
Se‐ques″ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sequestered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sequestering.] [F. séquestrer, L. sequestrare to give up for safe keeping, from sequester a depositary or tru...
Sequester (2)
Se‐ques″ter, v. i. 1. To withdraw; to retire.To sequester out of the world into Atlantic and Utopian politics. Milton.2. (Law) To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the ...
Sequester (3)
Se‐ques″ter, n. 1. Sequestration; separation.2. (Law) A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between t...
Sequestered
Se‐ques″tered (?), a. Retired; secluded. “Sequestered scenes.” Cowper.Along the cool, sequestered vale of life. Gray.
Sequestrable
Se‐ques″tra‐ble (?), a. Capable of being sequestered; subject or liable to sequestration.
Sequestral
Se‐ques″tral (?), a.(Med.) Of or pertaining to a sequestrum. Quian.
Sequestrate
Se‐ques″trate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sequestrated; p. pr. & vb. n.Sequestrating.] To sequester.
Sequestration
Seq′ues‐tra″tion (?), n. [L. sequestratio: cf. F. séquestration.] 1. (a) (Civil & Com. Law) The act of separating, or setting aside, a thing in controversy from the possession o...
Sequestrator
Seq″ues‐tra′tor (?), n.(Law) (a) One who sequesters property, or takes the possession of it for a time, to satisfy a demand out of its rents or profits. (b) One to whom the keep...
Sequestrum
‖Se‐ques″trum (?), n.; pl.Sequestra (#). [NL. See Sequester.] (Med.) A portion of dead bone which becomes separated from the sound portion, as in necrosis.
Sequin
Se″quin (?), n. [F. sequin, It. zecchino, from zecca the mint, fr. Ar. sekkah, sikkah, a die, a stamp. Cf. Zechin.] An old gold coin of Italy and Turkey. It was first struck at ...
Sequoia
Se‐quoi″a (?), n. [NL. So called by Dr. Endlicher in honor of Sequoyah, who invented the Cherokee alphabet.] (Bot.) A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Sequo...
Sequoiëne
Se‐quoi″ëne (?), n.(Chem.) A hydrocarbon (C13H10) obtained in white fluorescent crystals, in the distillation products of the needles of the California “big tree” (Sequoia gigan...
Sérac
‖Sé′rac″ (?), n. A pinnacle of ice among the crevasses of a glacier; also, one of the blocks into which a glacier breaks on a steep grade.
Seraglio
Se‐ragl″io (?), n. [It. serraglio, originally, an inclosure of palisades, afterwards also, a palace, seraglio (by confusion with Per. serāïa a palace, an entirely different word...
Serai
‖Se‐ra″i (?), n. [Per. serāï, or sarāï, a palace, a king's court, a seraglio, an inn. Cf. Caravansary.] A palace; a seraglio; also, in the East, a place for the accommodation of...
Seralbumen
Ser′al‐bu″men (?), n.(Physiol. CHem.) Serum albumin.
Serang
‖Se‐rang″ (?), n. [Per. sarhang a commander.] The boatswain of a Lascar or East Ondian crew.
Serape
‖Se‐ra″pe (?), n. [Sp. Amer. sarape.] A blanket or shawl worn as an outer garment by the Spanish Americans, as in Mexico.
Seraph
Ser″aph (?), n.; pl. E. Seraphs (#), Heb. Seraphim (#). [Heb. serāphim, pl.] One of an order of celestial beings, each having three pairs of wings. In ecclesiastical art and in ...