Webster's Dictionary 1913

3376

Sententious

Sen‐ten″tious (?), a.[L. sentenciosus: cf. F. sentencieux.] 1. Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a sen...

3377

Sentery

Sen″ter‐y (?), n. A sentry. Milton.

3378

Senteur

Sen″teur (?), n. Scent. Holland.

3379

Sentience

{ Sen″ti‐ence (?), Sen″ti‐en‐cy (?), } n. [See Sentient, Sentence.] The quality or state of being sentient; esp., the quality or state of having sensation. G. H. Lewes.An exampl...

3380

Sentient

Sen″ti‐ent (?), a. [L. sentiens, -entis, p. pr. of sentire to discern or perceive by the senses. See Sense.] Having a faculty, or faculties, of sensation and perception. Specif....

3381

Sentient (2)

Sen″ti‐ent, n. One who has the faculty of perception; a sentient being.

3382

Sentiently

Sen″ti‐ent‐ly, adv. In a sentient or perceptive way.

3383

Sentiment

Sen″ti‐ment (?), n. [OE. sentement, OF. sentement, F. sentiment, fr. L. sentire to perceive by the senses and mind, to feel, to think. See Sentient, a.] 1. A thought prompted by...

3384

Sentimental

Sen′ti‐men″tal (?), a. [Cf. F. sentimental.] 1. Having, expressing, or containing a sentiment or sentiments; abounding with moral reflections; containing a moral reflection; did...

3385

Sentimentalism

Sen′ti‐men″tal‐ism (?), n. [Cf. F. sentimentalisme.] The quality of being sentimental; the character or behavior of a sentimentalist; sentimentality.

3386

Sentimentalist

Sen′ti‐men″tal‐ist, n. [Cf. F. sentimentaliste.] One who has, or affects, sentiment or fine feeling.

3387

Sentimentality

Sen′ti‐men‐tal″i‐ty (?), n. [CF. F. sentimentalité.] The quality or state of being sentimental.

3388

Sentimentalize

Sen′ti‐men″tal‐ize (?), v. t. To regard in a sentimental manner; as, to sentimentalize a subject.

3389

Sentimentalize (2)

Sen′ti‐men″tal‐ize, v. i. To think or act in a sentimental manner, or like a sentimentalist; to affect exquisite sensibility. C. Kingsley.

3390

Sentimentally

Sen′ti‐men″tal‐ly, adv. In a sentimental manner.

3391

Sentine

Sen″tine (?), n. [L. sentina bilge water, hold of a ship, dregs: cf. F. sentine.] A place for dregs and dirt; a sink; a sewer. Latimer.

3392

Sentinel

Sen″ti‐nel, n. [F. sentinelle (cf. It. sentinella); probably originally, a litle path, the sentinel's beat,, and a dim. of a word meaning, path; cf. F. sente path. L. semita; an...

3393

Sentinel (2)

Sen″ti‐nel, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sentineled (?) or Sentinelled; p. pr. & vb. n.Sentineling or Sentinelling.] 1. To watch over like a sentinel. “To sentinel enchanted land.” Sir W....

3394

Sentisection

Sen′ti‐sec″tion (?), n. [L. sentire to feel + E. section.] Painful vivisection; — opposed to callisection. B. G. Wilder.

3395

Sentry

Sen″try (?), n.; pl.Sentires (#). [Probably from OF. senteret a little patch; cf. F. sentier path, and OF. sente. See Sentinel.] 1. (Mil.) A soldier placed on guard; a sentinel....

3396

Senza

‖Sen″za (?), prep.(Mus.) Without; as, senza stromenti, without instruments.

3397

Sepal

Se″pal (?), n. [NL. sepalum, formed in imitation of NL. petalum, petal, to denote one of the divisions of the calyx: cf. F. sépale.] (Bot.) A leaf or division of the calyx.☞ Whe...

3398

Sepaled

Se″paled (?), a.(Bot.) Having one or more sepals.

3399

Sepaline

Sep″al‐ine (?), a.(Bot.) Relating to, or having the nature of, sepals.

3400

Sepalody

Se‐pal″o‐dy (?), n. [Sepal + Gr. ��� form.] (Bot.) The metamorphosis of other floral organs into sepals or sepaloid bodies.

3401

Sepaloid

Sep″al‐oid (?), a. [Sepal + -oid.] (Bot.) Like a sepal, or a division of a calyx.

3402

Sepalous

Sep″al‐ous (?), a.(Bot.) Having, or relating to, sepals; — used mostly in composition. See under Sepal.