Webster's Dictionary 1828

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SCEPTIC

SCEP'TIC, noun [Gr. from to look about, to consider, to speculate. See Show.]1. One who doubts the truth and reality of any principle or system of principles or doctrines. In ph...

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SCEPTICAL

SCEP'TICAL, adjective1. Doubting; hesitating to admit the certainty of doctrines or principles; doubting of every thing.2. Doubting or denying the truth of revelation.The scepti...

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SCEPTICALLY

SCEP'TICALLY, adverb With doubt; in a doubting manner.

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SCEPTICISM

SCEP'TICISM, noun1. The doctrines and opinions of the Pyrrhonists or sceptical philosophers; universal doubt; the scheme of philosophy which denies the certainty of any knowledg...

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SCEPTICIZE

SCEP'TICIZE, verb intransitive To doubt; to pretend to doubt of every thing. [Little used.]

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SCESSION

SCES'SION, noun [L. secessio. See Secede.]1. The act of withdrawing, particularly from followship and communion.2. The act of departing; departure.SE' CLEnoun [L. seculum.] A ce...

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SCHAALSTEIN

SCHAALSTEIN,SCHED'ULE, noun [Latin schedula, from scheda, a sheet or leaf of paper; Gr. from to cut or divide; Latin scindo, for scido. The pronunciation ought to follow the ana...

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SCHEDULE

SCHED'ULE, n. [L. schedula, from scheda, a sheet or leaf of paper; Gr. from to cut or divide; L. scindo, for scido. The pronunciation ought to follow the analogy of scheme, &c.]...

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SCHEELIN

SCHEE'LIN,SCHEICH, Among the Arabians and Moors, an old man, and hence a chief, a lord, a man of eminence.

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SCHEICH

SCHEICH, Among the Arabians and Moors, an old man, and hence a chief, a lord, a man of eminence.

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SCHELIUM

SCHE'LIUM, noun A different, name of tungsten, a hard brittle metal of a grayish white color, and brilliant.

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SCHEMATISM

SCHE'MATISM, noun [Gr. See Scheme.]1. Combination of the aspects of heavenly bodies.2. Particular form or disposition of a thing. [A word not much used.]

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SCHEMATIST

SCHE'MATIST, noun A projector; one given to forming schemes. [Schemer is more generally used.]

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SCHEME

SCHEME, noun [Latin schema; Gr. from a contracted word, probably from to have or hold.]1. A plan; a combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system.We shall nev...

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SCHEMER

SCHE'MER, noun One that contrives; a projector; a contriver.

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SCHEMING

SCHE'MING, participle present tense1. Planning; contriving.2.adjective Given to forming schemes; artful.

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SCHEMIST

SCHE'MIST, noun A schemer; a projector.

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SCHENE

SCHENE, noun [Latin schaenos; Gr.] An Egyptian measure of length, equal to sixty stadia, or about 7 1/2 miles.

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SCHESIS

SCHE'SIS, noun [Gr. from to have or hold.]Habitude; general state or disposition of the body or mind, or of one thing with regard to other things.

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SCHILLER-SPAR

SCHILLER-SPAR, noun A mineral containing two subspecies, bronzite and common schiller-spar

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SCHISM

SCHISM, noun sizm. [Latin schisma; Gr. to divide, Latin scindo.]1. In a general sense, division or separation; but appropriately, a division or separation in a church or denomin...

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SCHISMATIC

SCHISMAT'IC,sizmat'ic,

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SCHISMATICAL

SCHISMAT'ICAL, adjective sizmat'ical. Pertaining to schism; implying schism; partaking of the nature of schism; tending to schism; as schismatical opinions or proposals.SCHISMAT...

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SCHISMATICALLY

SCHISMAT'ICALLY, adverb In a schismatical manner; by separation from a church on account of a diversity of opinions.

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SCHISMATICALNESS

SCHISMAT'ICALNESS, noun The state of being schismatical.

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SCHISMATIZE

SCHIS'MATIZE, verb intransitive To commit or practice schism; to make a breach of communion in the church.

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SCHISMLESS

SCHISM'LESS, adjective Free from schism; not affected by schism. [Little used.]