Webster's Dictionary 1828

1675

SEPARATION

SEPARA'TION, noun [L. separatio.]1. The act of separating, severing or disconnecting; disjunction; as the separation of the soul from the body.2. The state of being separate; di...

1676

SEPARATIST

SEP'ARATIST, noun One that withdraws from an established church, to which he has belonged; a dissenter; a seceder; a schismatic; a sectary.

1677

SEPARATOR

SEP'ARATOR, noun One that divides or disjoins; a divider.

1678

SEPARATORY

SEP'ARATORY, adjective That separates; as separatory ducts. [Little used.]SEP'ARATORY, noun A chimical vessel for separating liquors; and a surgical instrument for separating th...

1679

SEPATATING

SEP'ATATING, participle present tense Dividing; disjoining; putting or driving asunder; disconecting; decompsing.

1680

SEPAWN

SEPAWN', noun A species of food consisting of mial of maiz boiled in water. It is in New York

1681

SEPIMENT

SEP'IMENT, noun [L. sepimentum, from sepio, to inclose.] A hedge; a fence; something that seperates or defends.

1682

SEPIN

SEPIN', and Pennsylvania what hasty-pudding is in New England.

1683

SEPOSE

SEPO'SE, verb transitivesepo'ze. [L. sepono, sepositus.] To set apart. [Not in use.]

1684

SEPOSITION

SEPOSI''TION, noun The act of setting apart; segregation. [Not in use.]

1685

SEPOY

SE'POY, noun A native of India, employed as a soldier in the service of European powers.

1686

SEPS

SEPS, noun [L. from Gr. Cuvier.] A species of venomous eft or lizard. A genus of lizards, the efts, closely resembling the serpents, from which they scarcely differ, expect in t...

1687

SEPT

SEPT, noun [L. prosapia; or Heb. See Class Sb. No. 23.] A clan, race or family, proceeding from a common progrnitor; used of the races or families in Ireland.

1688

SEPTANGULAR

SEPTAN'GULAR, adjective [L. septem, seven, and angulus, angle.] Having seven angles or sides.

1689

SEPTARIA

SEPTA'RIA, noun [L. septa, partitions.] A name given to nodules or spheroidal mass of calcarios marl, whose interior present numerous fissures or seams of some crystalized subst...

1690

SEPTEMBER

SEPTEM'BER, noun [L. septem, seven.] The seventh month from march, which was formerly the first month of the year. september is now the ninth conth of the year.

1691

SEPTEMPARTITE

SEPTEM'PARTITE, adjective Divided into seven parts.

1692

SEPTENARY

SEP'TENARY, adjective [L. septenarius, from septem, seven.] Consisting of seven; as a sepenary number.SEP'TENARY, noun The number seven.

1693

SEPTENNIAL

SEPTEN'NIAL, adjective [L. septennis; septem, seven, and annus, year.]1. Lasting or continuing seven years; as septennial parliaments.2. Happening or returning once in wvery sev...

1694

SEPTENTRION

SEPTEN'TRION, noun [L. septentrio.] The north or northern regions.SEPTEN'TRION, [L. septentrionalis] Northern; pertaining to the north.

1695

SEPTENTRIONAL

SEPTEN'TRIONALFrom cold septerion blasts.

1696

SEPTENTRIONALITY

SEPTENTRIONAL'ITY, noun Northerliness. [A bad word.]

1697

SEPTENTRIONATE

SEPTEN'TRIONATE, verb intransitive To tend northerly. [This word septentrion and its derivatives are hardly anglicized; they are harsh, unnecessary and little used, and may well...

1698

SEPTFOIL

SEPT'FOIL, noun [L. septem and folium; seven leaved.] A plant of the genus Tormentilla.

1699

SEPTIC

SEP'TIC, adjective [Gr. to putrefy.]

1700

SEPTICAL

SEP'TICAL,1. Having power to promote putrefacation. Many experiments were made by Sir John Pringle to ascertain the septic and anteseptic virtues of natural bodies.2. Proceeding...

1701

SEPTICITY

SEPTIC'ITY, noun Tendency to putrefaction.