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Self-made (?), a. Made by one's self.
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Coloq. Self-made man , a man who has risen from poverty or obscurity by means of his own talents or energies.
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Self-mettle (?), n. Inborn mettle or courage; one's own temper. [Obs.] Shak.
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Self-motion (?), n. Motion given by inherent power, without external impulse; spontaneous or voluntary motion.
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Matter is not induced with self-motion.
Cheyne.
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Self-moved (?), a. Moved by inherent power., without the aid of external impulse.
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Self-moving (?), a. Moving by inherent power, without the aid of external impulse.
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Self-murder (?), a. Suicide.
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Self-murderer (?), n. A suicide.
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Self-neglecting (?), n. A neglecting of one's self, or of one's own interests.
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Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin
As self-neglecting.
Shak.
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Selfness, n. Selfishness. [Obs.] Sir. P. Sidney.
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Self-one (?), a. Secret. [Obs.] Marston.
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Self-opinion (?), n. Opinion, especially high opinion, of one's self; an overweening estimate of one's self or of one's own opinion. Collier.
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Self-opinioned (?), a. Having a high opinion of one's self; opinionated; conceited. South.
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Self-originating (?), a. Beginning with, or springing from, one's self.
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Self-partiality (?), n. That partiality to himself by which a man overrates his own worth when compared with others. Kames.
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Self-perplexed (?), a. Perplexed by doubts originating in one's own mind.
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Self-posited (?), a. Disposed or arranged by an action originating in one's self or in itself.
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These molecular blocks of salt are self-posited.
Tyndall.
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Self-positing, a. The act of disposing or arranging one's self or itself.
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The self-positing of the molecules.
R. Watts.
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Self-possessed (?), a. Composed or tranquil in mind, manner, etc.; undisturbed.
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Self-possession (?), n. The possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure.
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Self-praise (?), n. Praise of one's self.
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Self-preservation (?), n. The preservation of one's self from destruction or injury.
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Self-propagating (?), a. Propagating by one's self or by itself.
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Self-registering (?), a. Registering itself; -- said of any instrument so contrived as to record its own indications of phenomena, whether continuously or at stated times, as at the maxima and minima of variations; as, a self-registering anemometer or barometer.
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Self-regulated (?), a. Regulated by one's self or by itself.
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Self-regulative (?), a. Tending or serving to regulate one's self or itself. Whewell.
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Self-reliance (?), n. Reliance on one's own powers or judgment; self-trust.
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Self-reliant (?), a. Reliant upon one's self; trusting to one's own powers or judgment.
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Self-renunciation (?), n. The act of renouncing, or setting aside, one's own wishes, claims, etc.; self-sacrifice.
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Self-repellency (?), n. The quality or state of being self-repelling.
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Self-repelling, (�) a. Made up of parts, as molecules or atoms, which mutually repel each other; as, gases are self-repelling.
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Self-repetition (?), n. Repetition of one's self or of one's acts; the saying or doing what one has already said or done.
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Self-reproach (?), n. The act of reproaching one's self; censure by one's own conscience.
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Self-reproached (?), a. Reproached by one's own conscience or judgment.
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Self-reproaching (?), a. Reproaching one's self. -- Self-reproachingly, adv.
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Self-reproof (?), n. The act of reproving one's self; censure of one's conduct by one's own judgment.
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Self-reproved (?), a. Reproved by one's own conscience or one's own sense of guilt.
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Self-reproving (?), a. Reproving one's self; reproving by consciousness of guilt.
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Self-reprovingly, adv. In a self-reproving way.
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Self-repugnant (?), a. Self-contradictory; inconsistent. Brougham.
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Self-repulsive (?), a. Self-repelling.
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Self-respect (?), n. Respect for one's self; regard for one's character; laudable self-esteem.
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Self-restrained (?), a. Restrained by one's self or itself; restrained by one's own power or will.
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Self-restraint (?), n. Restraint over one's self; self-control; self-command.
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Self-reverence (?), n. A reverent respect for one's self. Tennyson.
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Self-righteous (?), a. Righteous in one's own esteem; pharisaic.
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Self-righteousness, n. The quality or state of being self-righteous; pharisaism.
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Self-sacrifice (?), n. The act of sacrificing one's self, or one's interest, for others; self-devotion.
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Self-sacrificing (?), a. Yielding up one's own interest, feelings, etc; sacrificing one's self.
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Selfsame (?), a. [Self, a. + same.] Precisely the same; the very same; identical.
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His servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
Matt. viii. 13.
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Self-satisfaction (?), n. The quality or state of being self-satisfied.
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Self-satisfied (?), a. Satisfied with one's self or one's actions; self-complacent.
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Self-satisfying (?), a. Giving satisfaction to one's self.
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Self-seeker, n. One who seeks only his own interest, advantage, or pleasure.
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Self-seeking, a. Seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfish. Arbuthnot.
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Self-seeking, n. The act or habit of seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfishness.
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Self-slaughter (?), n. Suicide. Shak.
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Self-starter, n. A mechanism (usually one operated by electricity, compressed air, a spring, or an explosive gas), attached to an internal-combustion engine, as on an automobile, and used as a means of starting the engine without cranking it by hand; -- called also a starter.
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Self-sufficiency (?), n. The quality or state of being self-sufficient.
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Self-sufficient (?), a. 1. Sufficient for one's self without external aid or coöperation.
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Neglect of friends can never be proved rational till we prove the person using it omnipotent and self-sufficient, and such as can never need any mortal assistance.
South.
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2. Having an overweening confidence in one's own abilities or worth; hence, haughty; overbearing. “A rash and self-sufficient manner.” I. Watts.
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Self-sufficing (?), a. Sufficing for one's self or for itself, without needing external aid; self-sufficient. -- Self-sufficingness, n. J. C. Shairp.
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Self-suspended (?), a. Suspended by one's self or by itself; balanced. Southey.
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Self-suspicious (?), a. Suspicious or distrustful of one's self. Baxter.
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Self-taught (?), a. Taught by one's own efforts.
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Self-tormentor (?), n. One who torments himself.
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Self-torture (?), n. The act of inflicting pain on one's self; pain inflicted on one's self.
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Self-trust, n. Faith in one's self; self-reliance.
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Self-uned (?), a. [E. self + L. unus one.] One with itself; separate from others. [Obs.] Sylvester.
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Self-view (?), n. A view of one's self; specifically, carefulness or regard for one's own interests.
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Self-will (?), n. [AS. selfwill.] One's own will, esp. when opposed to that of others; obstinacy.
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Self-willed (?), a. Governed by one's own will; not yielding to the wishes of others; obstinate.
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Self-willedness, n. Obstinacy. Sir W. Scott.
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Self-worship (?), n. The idolizing of one's self; immoderate self-conceit.
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Self-wrong (?), n. Wrong done by a person to himself. Shak.
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Selion (?), n. [OF. seillon a measure of land, F. sillon a ridge, furrow, LL. selio a measure of land.] A short piece of land in arable ridges and furrows, of uncertain quantity; also, a ridge of land lying between two furrows. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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Seljukian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Seljuk, a Tartar chief who embraced Mohammedanism, and began the subjection of Western Asia to that faith and rule; of or pertaining to the dynasty founded by him, or the empire maintained by his descendants from the 10th to the 13th century. J. H. Newman.
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Seljuckian, n. A member of the family of Seljuk; an adherent of that family, or subject of its government; (pl.) the dynasty of Turkish sultans sprung from Seljuk.
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Sell (sĕl), n. Self. [Obs. or Scot.] B. Jonson.
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Sell (sĕl), n. A sill. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Sell (sĕl), n. A cell; a house. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Sell (sĕl), n. [F. selle, L. sella, akin to sedere to sit. See .] 1. A saddle for a horse. [Obs.]
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He left his lofty steed with golden self.
Spenser.
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2. A throne or lofty seat. [Obs.] Fairfax.
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Sell (sĕl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sold (sōld); p. pr. & vb. n. Selling.] [OE. sellen, sillen, AS. sellan, syllan, to give, to deliver; akin to OS. sellian, OFries. sella, OHG. sellen, Icel. selja to hand over, to sell, Sw. sälja to sell, Dan. sælge, Goth. saljan to offer a sacrifice; all from a noun akin to E. sale. Cf. .] 1. To transfer to another for an equivalent; to give up for a valuable consideration; to dispose of in return for something, especially for money. It is the correlative of buy.
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If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor.
Matt. xix. 21.
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I am changed; I'll go sell all my land.
Shak.
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☞ Sell is corellative to buy, as one party buys what the other sells. It is distinguished usually from exchange or barter, in which one commodity is given for another; whereas in selling the consideration is usually money, or its representative in current notes.
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2. To make a matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price or reward for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the like; to betray.
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You would have sold your king to slaughter.
Shak.
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3. To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat. [Slang] Dickens.
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Coloq. To sell one's life dearly , to cause much loss to those who take one's life, as by killing a number of one's assailants. -- Coloq. To sell (anything) Coloq. out , to dispose of it wholly or entirely; as, he had sold out his corn, or his interest in a business.
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Sell (sĕl), v. i. 1. To practice selling commodities.
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I will buy with you, sell with you; . . . but I will not eat with you.
Shak.
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2. To be sold; as, corn sells at a good price.
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Coloq. To sell out , to sell one's whole stock in trade or one's entire interest in a property or a business.
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Sell, n. An imposition; a cheat; a hoax. [Colloq.]
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{ Sellanders (?), Sellenders (?), } n. pl. (Far.) See .
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Seller (?), n. One who sells. Chaucer.
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Selters water (?). A mineral water from Sellers, in the district of Nassan, Germany, containing much free carbonic acid.
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Seltzer water (?). See .
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Seltzo-gene (?), n. [Seltzer water + the root of Gr. ��� to be born.] A gazogene.
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{ Selvage, Selvedge } (?), n. [Self + edge, i. e., its own proper edge; cf. OD. selfegge.] 1. The edge of cloth which is woven in such a manner as to prevent raveling.
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2. The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes. Knight.
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3. (Mining.) A layer of clay or decomposed rock along the wall of a vein. See , n., 4. Raymond.
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{ Selvaged, Selvedged } (?), a. Having a selvage.
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Selvagee (?), n. (Naut.) A skein or hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline, -- used for stoppers, straps, etc.
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Selve (?), a. Self; same. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Selves (?), n., pl. of .
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Sely (?), a. Silly. [Obs.] Chaucer. Wyclif.
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Semæostomata (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ���� a military standard + ���, ���, mouth.] (Zoöl.) A division of Discophora having large free mouth lobes. It includes Aurelia, and Pelagia. Called also Semeostoma. See Illustr. under , and .
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Semantic, Semantical (?), n. sing. or pl. [Gr. shmantikos having meaning, from sh^ma a sign.] 1. pertaining to the meanings of words.
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2. of or pertaining to semantics.
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Semantics (?), n. sing. or pl. [Gr. shmantikos having meaning, from sh^ma a sign.] 1. the study of the meanings of words and of the sense development of words; -- formerly called semasiology.
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2. a doctrine and philosophical approach to language and its relationship to thought and behavior, developed by Alfred Korzybski (1879-1950), which holds that the capacity to express ideas and thereby improve one's interaction with others and one's environment is enhanced by training in the more critical use of words and other symbols; -- also called .
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3. the meanings of words as they are used to achieve an effect; especially, the multiple meanings of words or the multiplicity of words having the same meaning; -- used in referring to the confusion that can be caused (intentionally or unintentionally) by multiple meanings; as, there's no real difference, it's only a matter of semantics.
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Semaphore (?), n. [Gr. sh^ma a sign + ferein to bear: cf. F. sémaphore.] A signal telegraph; an apparatus for giving signals by the disposition of lanterns, flags, oscillating arms, etc.
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{ Semaphoric (?), Semaphorical (?) } a. [Cf. F. sémaphorique.] Of or pertaining to a semaphore, or semaphores; telegraphic.
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Semaphorically, adv. By means of a semaphore.
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Semaphorist (?), n. One who manages or operates a semaphore.
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Semasiology (?), n. [Gr. shmasia signification + -logy.] (Philol.) The science of meanings or sense development (of words); the explanation of the development and changes of the meanings of words; -- more commonly referred to as semantics. -- Semasiological (#), a.
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Sematic (s�mătĭk), a. [Gr. sh^ma, shmatos, sign, token.] Significant; ominous; serving as a warning of danger; -- applied esp. to the warning colors or forms of certain animals.
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Sematology (?), n. [Gr. sh^ma, shmatos, sign + -logy.] The doctrine of signs as the expression of thought or reasoning; the science of indicating thought by signs. Smart.
Syn. -- semantics.
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Sematrope (?), n. [Gr. sh^ma sign + trepein to turn. ] An instrument for signaling by reflecting the rays of the sun in different directions. Knight.
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Semblable (?), a. [F., from sembler to seem, resemble, L. similare, simulare. See .] Like; similar; resembling. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Semblable, n. Likeness; representation. [Obs.]
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Semblably, adv. In like manner. [Obs.] Shak.
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Semblance (?), n. [F. See , a.] 1. Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.
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Thier semblance kind, and mild their gestures were.
Fairfax.
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2. Likeness; resemblance, actual or apparent; similitude; as, the semblance of worth; semblance of virtue.
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Only semblances or imitations of shells.
Woodward.
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Semblant (?), a. [F. semblant, p. pr.] 1. Like; resembling. [Obs.] Prior.
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2. Seeming, rather than real; apparent. [R.] Carlyle.
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Semblant, n. [F.] 1. Show; appearance; figure; semblance. [Obs.] Spenser.
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His flatterers made semblant of weeping.
Chaucer.
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2. The face. [Obs.] Wyclif (Luke xxiv. 5).
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Semblative (?), a. Resembling. [Obs.]
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And all is semblative a woman's part.
Shak.
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Semble (?), v. i. [F. sembler. See , a.] 1. To imitate; to make a representation or likeness. [Obs.]
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Where sembling art may carve the fair effect.
Prior.
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2. (Law) It seems; -- chiefly used impersonally in reports and judgments to express an opinion in reference to the law on some point not necessary to be decided, and not intended to be definitely settled in the cause.
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Semble, a. Like; resembling. [Obs.] T. Hudson.
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Sembling (?), n. [Cf. .] (Zoöl.) The practice of attracting the males of Lepidoptera or other insects by exposing the female confined in a cage.
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☞ It is often adopted by collectors in order to procure specimens of rare species.
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seme (sēm), n. [Gr. sh^ma a sign.] 1. (Linguistics) A linguistic sign.
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2. (Linguistics) A basic component of meaning of a morpheme, especially one which cannot be decomposed into more basic components; a primitive concept.
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Semé (?), a. [F. semé, fr. semer to sow.] (Her.) Sprinkled or sown; -- said of field, or a charge, when strewed or covered with small charges.
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{ Semeiography (sēm�ŏgrȧf�), or Semiography (sēmĭŏgrȧf�), } n. [Gr. shmei^on sign + -graphy.] (Med.) A description of the signs of disease.
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{ Semeiological (?), or Semiologioal }, a. Of or pertaining to the science of signs, or the systematic use of signs; as, a semeiological classification of the signs or symptoms of disease; a semeiological arrangement of signs used as signals.
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{ Semeiology (sēm�ŏl�j� or sēm�ŏl�j�), or Semiology (sĕm�ŏl�j�) }, n. [Gr. shmei^on a mark, a sign + -logy.] The study of signs as an element of communication; the analysis of systems of communication; -- also called semiotics. Specifically: (a) (Med.) The science of the signs or symptoms of disease; symptomatology. (b) The art of using signs in signaling.
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{ Semeiotic (sēm�ŏtĭk or sĕm�ŏtĭk), or Semiotic }, a. [Gr. shmeiwtikos, fr. shmei^on a mark, a sign.] 1. Relating to signs or indications; pertaining to the language of signs, or to language generally as indicating thought.
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2. (Med.) Of or pertaining to the signs or symptoms of diseases.
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{ Semeiotics (sēm�ŏtĭks), or Semiotics }, n. 1. The study of signs as an element of communication; the analysis of systems of communication; -- also called semiology.
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2. a theory of signs and symbols, including as branches , and . [RHUD]
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Semele (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. ���.] (Gr. Myth.) A daughter of Cadmus, and by Zeus mother of Bacchus.
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Semen (sēmĕn), n.; pl. Semina (sĕmĭnȧ). [L., from the root of serere, satum, to sow. See to scatter seed.] 1. (Bot.) The seed of plants.
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2. (Physiol.) The seed or fecundating fluid of male animals; sperm. It is a white or whitish viscid fluid secreted by the testes, characterized by the presence of spermatozoids to which it owes its generative power.
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Coloq. Semen contra , or Coloq. Semen cinæ or Coloq. Semen cynæ , a strong aromatic, bitter drug, imported from Aleppo and Barbary, said to consist of the leaves, peduncles, and unexpanded flowers of various species of Artemisia; wormseed.
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Semeniferous (sĕm�nĭfẽrŭs), a. (Biol.) Seminiferous.
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