559-Fate, får, fåll, fât;-mè, mêt ;-plne, pîn ; SECTION, sek'shou. s. The act of cutting or SECULARLY, sök'kd-lår-lè. ad. In a worldly manner SECULARNESS, sẻk'kú-lår-nês. s. ness. 376. Assiduous, industrious, laborious, dili gent, painful. SEDULOUSLY, sêd'då-lâns lè. ad. Assiduously industriously, laboriously, diligently, painfuliy SEDULOUSNESS, séd’dă-lås-nês. s. Assiduity assiduousness, industry, diligence. SEE, séẻ. s. 246. The seat of episcopal power, the diocess of a bishop. To SEE, séẻ. v. a. To perceive by the eye; to observe, to find; to discover, to descry; to converse with. To SEE, séě. v. n. To have the power of sight to have by the eye perception of things distant; to discern without deception; to inquire, to distinguish; to be attentive; to scheme, to contrive. Worldli-SEE, séẻ. interject. Lo, look' SECUNDINE, sek kün-dine. s. 149. The meinbrane in which the embryo is wrapped, the after-birth. SECURE, sè-kúre'. a. Free from fear, easy, SEED, séu s. 216. The organized particie produced by plants and animals, from which new plants and animals are generated: first principle, origmal; principle of production, progeny, offspring; race, generation. assured; careless, wanting caution; free from || To SEED, sèéd. v. n. To grow to perfect matudanger, safe. To SECURE, sẻ-kùre'. v. a. To make certain,|| rity so as to shed the seed. SEEDCAKE, seed-kåke'. s. A sweet cake in terspersed with warm aromatick seeds. s. A vessel in which the sower carries his seed. SEEDPEARL, sèèd-përl'.s. Small grains of pearl SEEDPLOT, sèéd'plot. s. The ground on which plants are sowed to be afterwards transplanted SEEDTIME, séèd'time. s. The season of sowing aSEEDLING, sèèdTng. s. 410. A young plant just risen from the seed. SECURITY, sé-kù'rè-tè. s. Carelessness, freedom from fear. confidence; want of vigilance; protection, defence; any thing given as pledge or caution, insurance; safety, certainty. SEDAN, sp dẫn. A kind of portable coach, a chair. SEDATENESS, se date’nes. s. Calmness, tran- We sometimes hear this word with the accent on the second syllable, but I find this pronunciation only in Buchanan. Dr. Johnson, Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scott, W. Johnston, Dr. Ash, Dr. Kenrick, Mr. Perry, Bailey, Barclay, Fenning, Entick, and Smith, place the accent on the first syllable. SEDGE, sadje. s. A growth of narrow flags, a narrow flag. SEDGY, sëû'jé. a. Overgrown with narrow flags. SEDÏMENT, sêd'è-ment. s. That which subsides or settles at the bottom. SEEDSMAN, séèdz'mân. s. 88. The sower, he SEEDY, séèd ́é. a. 182. Abounding with seed To SEEK, séék. v. a. Pret. Sought; Part. pass. Sought. To look for, to search for; to solicit, to endeavour to gain; to go to find; to pursue by secret machinations. To SEEK, séék. v. n. 246. To make search, to make inquiry; to endeavour; to make pursuit ; to apply to, to use solicitation; to endeavour after. SEEKER, séèk ́år. s. 98. One that seeks, an inquirer. To SEEL, sèẻi. v. a, 246. To close the eyes. A term of Falconry, the eyes of a wild or haggard hawk being for a time Seeled. To SEEM, seem. v. n. 246. To appear, to make a show, to have semblance; to have the appear ance of truth It seems; there is an appearance, though no reality. It is sometimes a slight af firmation, it appears to be. SEDITION, sé-dîsir'ün s. A tumult, an insur-SEEMER, sèèm år. s. 98. One that carries an rection, a popular commotion. SEDITIOUS, sè-dish'âs. mult, turbulent. appearance. a. Factious with tu-|| SEEMING, sèèm'ing. s. 410. Appearance, show, resemblance, fair appearance; opinion. SEDITIOUSLY, sé-dîsh'äs-lè ad. Tumultuous-SEEMINGLY, séèming-lè. ad. In appearance, Iv, with factious turbulence. SEDITIOUSNESS, sè-dish'ûs-nês. s. ience, disposition to sedition. in show, in semblance. Turbu-||SEEMINGNESS, sèèm1ng-nés. 8. fair appearance. Plausibility To SEDUCE, sè-duse'. v. a. To draw aside from || SEEMLINESS, séèm ́lè-nés. s. Decency, handthe right, to tempt, to corrupt, to deprave, to mislead, to deceive. SEDUCEMENT, sè-dûse'mênt. «. Practice of seduction, art or means used in order to seduce. SEDUCER, sé-dld'sår. s. 98. One who draws aside from the right, a tempter, a corrupter. SEDUCIBLE, sé-da ́se-bl a. 405. Corruptible, capable of being drawn aside. SEDUCTION, sé-dük'shan. 8. The act of seducing, the act of drawing aside. someness, comeliness, grace, beauty. SEEMLY, séèm lè. a. 182. Decent, becoming, proper, fit. SEEMLY, sèèm'lè. ad. In a decent manner, in a proper manner. SEEN, séén. a. 246. Skilled, versed. who foresees future events, SEERWOOD, sèèr'wûd. 8. Dry wood.-Sea SEDULITY, sé-dů'lè-tè. s. Diligent assiduity,|SEESAW, sé'sǎv. s. A reciprocating motion To SEESAW, rẻ sàw. v、n. To move with a re ciprocating motion laboriousness, industry, application. BEDULOUS, sêd'ù-lås, or sëd'jà-làs. a. 293, 294, —nd, môve, når, nôt ;-tủbe, tảb, håll ;—811 ;—põånd ;—thin, THIS. To SEETH, sèèтí. v. a. 246. To boil, to decoct || SEMBLANCE, sêm'blånse. s. Likeness, simil in hot liquor. To SEETH, seeтн. v. n. 467. To be in a state of ebullition, to be hot. tude; appearance, show, figure. SEMBLANT, sêm'blânt. a. Like, resembling, having the appearance of any thing. Little used SEMBLATIVE, sêm'blativ. a. 512. Resembling to make a likeness. SE*II, simmes 192. A word which, used in SEETHER, sèèтH'ûr. s. 98. A boiler, a pot. SEGMENT, sêg'mênt. s. A figure contained be-To SEMBLE, sëm'bl. v. n. 405. To represent tween a chord and an arch of the circle, or so much of the circle as is eut off by that chord To SEGREGATE, sêg'grè-gåte. v. a. apart, to separate from others. SEGREGATION, sêg. grẻ-gà'shân. s. Separation from others, To set SEIGNEURIAL, sẻ-nù'rè-âl. a. 250. Invested SEIGNIOR, sene v s. 166. A lord. The title SEIGNORAGE, sène yår-îdje. s. 90. Authority, To SEIGNORIZE, sène'yår-lze. v. a. To lord over SEINE, sène. s. A net used in fishing. To SEIZE, sèze, v. a. 250. To take possession SEMIANNULAR, sêm-mè-ân'nu-lâr. a. Half round. SEMIBRIEF, sêm'inè-brêf. s. A note in musick SEMICIRCLE, s3m'mè-s3r-kl. s. A half round, } a. Halt SEMICOLON, sẻm-mè̟-kóʻlồn. s. Half a colon, SEMIDIAMETER, sm-m-di-ametur.s. 98. a. SEMIMETAL, sëm'mê-mêt-tl. s. Half metal, imperfect metal. SEMINALITY, sêm-é-nål'è-té. s. The nature of seed, the power of being produced. often.SMINAL, sm'é-nål a. 88 Belonging to seed, SEIZURE, sè'zhůre. s. 450. The act of seizing; the thing seized; the act of taking forcible possession; gripe, possession; catch. SELDOM, sal dům. ad. 166. Rarely, not SELDOMNESS, sẻl'dûm-nês. s. Uncomnien ness, rareness. To SÉLECT, sè-lêkt' v a. SELECT, sè-lêkt'. a Nicely chosen, choice, contained in the seed, radical. SEMINARY, sẻm 3 na ẻ s, 512. The ground where any thing is sown to be afterwards transblaured, the place or original stock whence any thing is brought : seminal state; original first principles: breeding place, place of edu cation from whence scholars are transplanted into life. SELECTNESS, sè-lêkt'nês. 8. The state of be-SEMINATION, sëm-e-nå'shån. s. The act of ing select. SELECTOR, sè-lẻk'tår..s. 166. He who selects sowing. SELENOGRAPHY, sẻl-lè-nôg'grâf-è. s. 518. A||SEMI VIFICK, sẽm-÷-nîf ́ík. 509. a. Produc SELF, self. pron plur Selves. Its primary sig-SEMI VIFICATION, sẻm-è-nîf-è-kå'shân. s. The nification seems to be that of an adjective: ve- propagation from the seed or seminal parts. ry, particular, this above others. It is united || SEMIOPACOUS, sêm- nè-ò-på’kås. a. Half dark both to the personal pronouns, and to the neu-SEMIORDINATE, sëm-iné-ör'dè-nåte. S. A tral pronoun It, and is always added when they line drawn at right angles to and bisected by are used reciprocally, as, I did not hurt Him, the axis, and reaching froin one side of the section to another. he hurt Himself. The people hiss Me, but I clap Myself: compounded with Him, a pro-SEMIPEDAL, sè-mîp ́é-dâl. a. 518. Containing noun substantive, Self is in appearance an ad- half a foot. jective: joined to My, Thy, Our, Your, pro-SEMIPELLUCID, sêm-mè-pêl-lù'sid. a. Half noun adjectives, it seems a substantive: it is clear, imperfectly transparent. much used in Composition. SEMIPERSPICUOUS, séin-mé-pêr-spîk ́ù-ås. a. Half transparent, imperfectly clear. SEMIQUADRATE, sêm-mê-kwa'dråt. 91. SEMIQUARTILE, sêm-me-kwår'tîl. 140. In Astronomy, an aspect of the planets when distant from cach other forty five degrees, or one sign and a half. 559.-Fate, får, fåll, fất;-mè, mêt ;~plne, pîn ; SEMIVOWEL, sêm'mè-võà-îl. s. A consonant || SENSIBILITY, sên-sè-bfl'è-tè. s. Quickness of which has an imperfect sound of its own. SEMPITERNAL, sẻm-pè-têr'nål. a. Eternal in futurity, having beginning, but no end: in Poetry, it is used simply for eternal. SEMPITERNITY, sem-pè-tër'nè-tè. s. Future duration without end. SENATORIAL, sên-nâ-to'rè-âl. ing to senators, befitting senators. To SEND, send. v. a. To despatch from one place to another; to commission by authority to go and act; to grant as from a distant place; to inflict as from a distance; to emit, to immit; to diffuse, to propagate. To SEND, send. v. n. To deliver or despatch a message. To send for; to require by message, to come or cause to be brought. SENDER, send'år. s. 98. He that sends. SENESCENCE, sè-nês'sense. s. 510. The state of growing old, decay by time. SENESCHAL, sên'nês-kål. s. One who had in great houses the care of feasts, or domestick ceremonies. Dr. Kenrick pronounces the ch in this word like sh; but Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scott, Buchanan, and Barclay, like k. As the word does not come from the learned languages, 352, if usage were equal, I should prefer Dr. Kenrick's pronunciation. The rest of our orthöepists either 'have not the word, or do not mark the sound of these letters. SENILE, se'nile. a. 140. Belonging to old age, consequent on old age. SENIOR, sè nè-år, or sène'yår. s. 113. One old er than another, one who on account of longer time has some superiority; an aged person. SENIORITY, sè-nè-ôr'è-tè. s. Eldership, priority of birth. SENNA, sền′nh. s. A medicinal shrub growing| SENNIGHT, sên'nit. s. 144. The space of se- sensation ; quickness of perception. SENSIBLE, sên'sè-bl. a. 405. "Having the pow. er of perceiving by the senses; perceptible by the senses; perceived by the mind, perceiving by either mind or senses; having moral perception; having quick intellectual feeling, being easily or strongly affected; convinced, persuaded in low conversation, it has sometimes the sense of reasonable, judicious, wise. SENSIBLENESS, sên'sé-hl-nês. s. Possibility to be perceived by the senses; actual perceptior by mind or body; quickness of perception, sensibility; painful consciousness. : SENSIBLY, sen'sè-blè. ad. Perceptibly to the SENSITIVE, sen'sè-tiv. a. 157. Having sense of manner. SENSORIUM, sen-so'rè-ûm. } SENSORY, sen'so-rè. 557. 8. The part where the senses transmit their perceptions to the mind, the seat of sense; organ of sensation. SENSUAL, sên'shù-âl. a. 452. Consisting in sense, depending on sense, affecting the senses, pleasing to the senses, carnal, not spiritual; devoted to sense, lewd, luxurious. SENSUALIST, sen'shu-ål-ist. s. A carnal person, one devoted to corporeal pleasures. SENSUALITY, sẻn-shù-âl'è-tè. ́s. Addiction to brutal and corporeal pleasures. To SENSUALIZE, sên'shu-â-lize. v. a. To sink to sensual pleasures, to degrade the mind into subjection to the senses. SENSUALLY, sên'shù-ål-è. ad. In a sensual inanner. SENSUOUS, sên'shu-ůs. a. 452. Tender, pa- SENT, sent. The part. pass. of Send. a. S Pithiness of sentences, brevity with strength. SENTERY, sên'têr-ẻ. s. One who is sent to watch in a garrison, or in the outlines of an army. SENTIENT, sảnshẻ-ënt. a. 542. Perceiving, having perception. ception. SENTIMENT, sên'tè-mênt. s. Thought, notion, opinion; the sense considered distinctly from the language or things, a striking sentence in a composition. SENSE, sênse. s. 427, 431. Faculty or power by which external objects are perceived; per-||SENTIENT, sen'shé-ént. s. He that has perception by the senses, sensation; perception of intellect, apprehension of mind; sensibility, quickness or keenness of perception; understanding, soundness of faculties; strength of natural reason; reason, reasonable meaning; opinion, notion, judginent; consciousness, conviction; moral perception; meaning, import. SENSELESS, sense'lês. a. Wanting sense,|| wanting life, void of all life or perception; unfeeling, wanting perception, unreasonable, stupid; contrary to true judgment; wanting sensibility, wanting quickness or keenness of perception; wanting knowledge, unconscious. SENSELESSLY, sénse'lês-lè. ad. In a senseless manner, stupidly, unreasonably. SENTINEL, sen'tè-nel. s. One who watches or BENSELESSNESS, sēņs'lês-nës. 8. Folly, ab- SEPARABLENESS. sẽp'pár-å-bl-nës. s. Capa mnỏ, môve, nor, nôt ;–tube, tâb, bill ;sil ;poånd ;—thin, TE1s To SEPARATE, sêp'pår-åte. v. a. To break, to To SEPARATE, sep'pår-åte. v. n. To part, to be disunited. SEPARATE, sêp'pår-åt. a. 91. Divided from the rest; disunited from the body, disengaged! from corporeal nature. SEPARATELY, sêp'pâr-ât-lè. ad. Apart, singly, SEPARATENESS, sep'pâr-ât-nês. s. The state of being separate. SEPARATION, sep-pâr-å'shůn. s. The act of separating, disjunction; the state of being separate, disunion; the chymical analysis, or operation of disuniting things mingled; divorce, disjunction from a married state. SEPARATIST, sẻp'pår-â-tist. s. One who divides from the Church, a schismatick. SEPARATOR, sêp'pår-â-tûr. s. 521. One who divides, a divider. SEPARÁTORY, sẻp pâr-â-túr-è. a. 512. Used in separation. SEPOSITION, sêp-pò-zish'ůn. s. 530. The act SEPT, sept. s. A clan, a race, a generation. Having seven corners or sides. SEPTEMBER, sẻp-tëm’bûr. s. The ninth month of the year, the seventh from March. SEPTENARY, sep'tẻn-ár-é. a. 512. Consisting of seven. SEPTENARY, sẻptên-nårẻ. S. The number SEPTENTRIONALITY, sêp-tèn’trè-ûn-âl'è-tè. s. SEPTENTRIONALLY, sếp tên trẻ ủn-âl-lẻ. ad. To SEPTENTRIONATE, sếp tên trẻ-o-nate. v. SEPTUAGENARY, sẽp-tshů-âd'jè-nâ-rè. a. 463, SEPTUAGINT, sêp'tshù-â-jint. s. 463. The old|| SEPTUPLE, sep'tù-pl. a. 405. Seven times as much. SEPULCHRAL, sè̟-půl'král. a. Relating to burial, relating to the grave, monumental. SEPULCHRË, sep'påÏ-kûr. s. 416, 177. A grave, a tomb. Ben Jonson To accent this word on the second syllable, as Shakspeare and Milton have done, is agreeable to a very general rule, that when we introduce into our own language a word from the Greek or Latin, and either preserve it entire, or the same number of syllables; in this case. we preserve the accent on the same syllable as in the original word. This rule has some exceptions, as may be seen in the Principles, No. 503, (e,) but has still a very great extent. Now sepulchrum, from which this word is derived, has the accent on the second syllable and sepulchre ought to have it on the same; while sepulture, on the contrary, being formed from sepultura, by dropping a syllable the accent removes to the first, (see ACADEMY.) As a confirmation that the current pronunciation of Sepulchre was with the accent on the second syllable, every old inhabitant of London can reccllect always having heard the Church called by that name so pronounced: but the antepenultimate accent seems now so fixed as to make an alteration hopeless. Mr. Forster, in his Essay on Accent and Quantity, savs that this is the common pronunciation of the present day; and Dr. Johnson, Mr. Elphinstone, -Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scott, Dr. Kenrick, Dr. Ash, Mr. Perry, Barclay, Éntick, and W. Johnston, place the accent on the first syllable both of this word and sepulture. Fenning places the accent on the second syllable of Sepulchre when a noun, and on the first when a verb. Mr. Sheridan very properly reverses this order: W. John ston places the accent on the second syllable of Sepulture; and Bailey on the second of both. All our orthöepists place the accent on the second syllable of sepulchral, except Dr. Ash and Barclay, who place it upon the same syllable as in Sepulchre; and the uncouth pronunciation this accentuation produces, is a fresh proof of the impropriety of the common accent. 493. To SEPULCHRE, sè-påľ'kûr. v. a. 493. bury, to entomb. SEPULTURE, sẻp'pål-tùre. s. 177. Interment, burial. To Conclusion, succeeding part; consequence, event; consequence inferred, consequentialness. SEQUENCE, sè'kwênse. 3. Order of succession; series, arrangement, metod. SEQUENT, sè'kwent. a. Following, succeeding, consequential. To SEQUESTER, sè-kwês tår. v. a. To sepa Subject rate from others for the sake of privacy; to put aside, to remove; to withdraw, to segregate I consider this word as having altered its to set aside from the use of the owner to that of original accent on the second syllable, either others; to deprive of possessions. by the necessity or caprice of the poets, or by SEQUESTRABLE, sé-kwês'trâ-bl. a. its similitude to the generality of words of this to privation; capable of separation. form and number of syllables, 503, which gene-To SEQUESTRATE, sè-kwes'tråte. v. n. 91. To rally have the accent on the first syllable. Dr. Johnson tells us it is accented by Shakspeare| and Milton on the second syllable, but by Jonson and Prior more properly on the first: and he might have added, as Shakspeare has sometimes done : sequester, to separate from company. SEQUESTRATION, sêk-wẻs-tra'shûn. s. 530. Separation; retirement; disunion, disjunction state of being set aside; deprivation of the use and profits of a possession. SEQUESTRATOR, sek-wês-trà'tår. s. One who takes from a man the profits of his posses sions. SERAGLIO, sé-rál'yò. s. 328. A house of wo ☞ 559.—Fate, får, fåll, fât ;-mè, mêt ;—plne, pin ; SERENENESS, sè-rèné'nês. s. Serenity. SERENITY, sê-rên'né-tè s. 530. 8. Calmness, Calmness, temperature; peace, quietness; evenness of temper. SERGE, serdje. s. A kind of cloth. SERGEANT, sår jânt. s. 100 An officer whose business is to execute the commands of magis trates; a petty officer in the ariny ; a lawyer o the highest rank under a judge: it is a title given to some of the king's servants, as, Sergeant chirurgeons. SERGEANTRY, sår'jant-trè. s A peculiar service due to the king for the tenure of lands. SERGEANTSHIP, sår'jänt-ship. s. of a sergeant. SERIES, sé'ré-èz, s. The office Sequence, order ; succes sion, course. SERIOUS, sè'rè-ås. a. 314. Grave, golemu; im- portant. SERIOUSLY, sé'rè-as-lè. ad. ly, in earnest. SERIOUSNESS, sè'rè-us-nês. lemnity, earnest attention. SEPMON, sêr'mån. s. 100, 156. A discourse of instruction pronounced by a Divine for the edification of the people. of the blood. to stand instead of any thing to one; to të quite, as, He served me ungratefully. in Divin ity, to worship the Supreme Being. To serve a warrant; to seize an offender and carry him to justice. To SERVE, sêrv. v. n. To be a servant or slave, to be in subjection; to attend, to wait; to act in wai; to pr»duce the end desired; to be sufficient for a purpose; to suit, to be convenient; to conduce, to be of use, to officiate or minister. SERVICE, sẻr'vis. s. 142. Menial office, low business done at the cominand of a master; at tendance of a servant; place, office of a ser vant; any thing done by way of duty to a su periour; attendance on any superion; profession of respect uttered or sent; obedience, submission, act on the performance of whichi possession deperds; actual duty, office; employment, business; military duty, a military achievement, purpose, use; useful office, advantage; favour, publick office of devotion; course, order of dishes; a tree and fruit. SERVICEABLE, sér vis-a-bl. a. Active, dili. gent, officious; useful, beneficial. RVÍCEABLENESS, sêr'vis-å-bl-nês. s. · Otf, activity; usefulness, beneficialness. SER érv a. 140. Slavish, mean; fawnmg, cringing. ||SERVILELY, sêr'vîl-lè. ad. Meanly, slavishly SERVILENESS, sêr'vii-nės. } Slavishness, SERVILITY, sẻr-vil'è-tè. involuntary obedience; meanness, dependence, baseness: slavery, the condition of a slave. SERVINGMAN, sẽr'ving-mân. s. A menial ser vant. SERVITOR, sễr'vê-tår. s. 166. Servant, atten dant; one of the lowest order in the university. SERVITUDE, sér'vè-túde. s. Slavery, state of a slave, dependence; servants collectively. SERUM, sè'râm. s. The thin and watery part that separates from the rest in any liquor; the part of the blood which in coagulation separates from the grume. } a. In To SERMONIZE, sér'mûn-ize. v. n. To preach || SESQUI ALTER, sês-kwè-ål'ter. | or give instruction in a formal manner.—Ish. SESQUIALTERAL, sês-kwè-ål ́têr-âl. SEROSITY, sê-rôs'sè-tè. s. Thin or watery part Geometry, is a ratio, where one quantity or number contains another, once and half as much more; as six and nine. SESQUIPLICATE, sês-kwip'plè-kåt. a. 91 Mathematicks, is the proportion one quantity or number has to anɔther in the ratio of one half. SEROUS, sè'ris. a. Thin, watery; adapted to SERPENT, sår'pênt. s. An animal that moves SERPIGO, sér-pi'gò, or sêr-pè’gò. s. 112. A kind SERRATED, serra-tad.} a Formed with jags or indentures like the edge of a saw. SERRATI RE, sér rå-túre. s Indenture like the teeth of a saw. To SERRY, sêr'rẻ. v. a. To press close, to drive hard together. SERVANT, sêr'vånt. s. 100. One who attends another, and acts at his command; one in a state of subjection, a word of civility used to superiours or equals. This is one of the few words which has ac quired by time a softer signification than its|To SET, sét. v a. Pret. I Set. Part. pass. I am original, Knave; which originally siguified only a servant, but is now degenerated into a Cheat: while Servant, which signified originally a person preserved from death by the conqueror, and reserved for slavery, signifies only, an obedient attendant. To SERVE, sẻrv. v. a. 100 To attend at command, to bring as a menial attendant; to be subservient or subordinate to; to supply with any thing; to obev in military actions; to be sufficient to; to be of use to, co assist; to promote; to comply with, to satisfy, to content; set. To place, to put in any situation or place; to put into any condition, state, or posture; to make motionless; to fix, to state by some rule to regulate, to adjust, to set to musick, to adapt with notes; to plant, not sow; to intersperse or mark with any thing; to reduce from a frac tured or dislocated state; to appoint, to fix, to stake at play; to ûx in metal; to embarrass, to distress; to apply to something; to fix the eyes; to offer for a price; to place in order, to frame; to station, to place; to oppose; to bring to a fine edge, as, To set a razor. To set |