Sepal noun [ New Latin sepalum , formed in imitation of New Latin petalum , petal, to denote one of the divisions of the calyx: confer French sépale .] (Botany) A leaf or division of the calyx.

» When the calyx consists of but one part, it is said to be monosepalous ; when of two parts, it is said to be disepalous ; when of a variable and indefinite number of parts, it is said to be polysepalous ; when of several parts united, it is properly called gamosepalous .

Sepaled adjective (Botany) Having one or more sepals.

Sepaline adjective (Botany) Relating to, or having the nature of, sepals.

Sepalody noun [ Sepal + Greek ......... form.] (Botany) The metamorphosis of other floral organs into sepals or sepaloid bodies.

Sepaloid adjective [ Sepal + - oid .] (Botany) Like a sepal, or a division of a calyx.

Sepalous adjective (Botany) Having, or relating to, sepals; -- used mostly in composition. See under Sepal .

Separability noun Quality of being separable or divisible; divisibility; separableness.

Separable adjective [ Latin separabilis : confer French séparable .] Capable of being separated, disjoined, disunited, or divided; as, the separable parts of plants; qualities not separable from the substance in which they exist. -- Sep"a*ra*ble*ness , noun -- Sep"a*ra*bly , adverb

Trials permit me not to doubt of the separableness of a yellow tincture from gold.

Boyle.

Separate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Separated ; present participle & verbal noun Separating .] [ Latin separatus , past participle of separare to separate; pfref. se- aside + parare to make ready, prepare. See Parade , and confer Sever .]
1. To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

From the fine gold I separate the alloy.

Dryden.

Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me.

Gen. xiii. 9.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?

Rom. viii. 35.

2. To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa.

3. To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.

Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called thaem.

Acts xiii. 2.

Separated flowers (Botany) , flowers which have stamens and pistils in separate flowers; diclinous flowers. Gray.

Separate intransitive verb To part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another; as, the family separated .

Separate p. adjective [ Latin separatus , past participle ]
1. Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; -- said of things once connected.

Him that was separate from his brethren.

Gen. xlix. 26.

2. Unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; -- said of things that have not been connected.

For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinnere.

Hebrew vii. 26.

3. Disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls.

Separate estate (Law) , an estate limited to a married woman independent of her husband. -- Separate maintenance (Law) , an allowance made to a wife by her husband under deed of separation.

-- Sep"a*rate*ly , adverb -- Sep"a*rate*ness , noun

Separatical adjective Of or pertaining to separatism in religion; schismatical. [ R.] Dr. T. Dwight.

Separating adjective Designed or employed to separate.

Separating funnel (Chemistry) , a funnel, often globe-shaped, provided with a stopcock for the separate drawing off of immiscible liquids of different specific gravities.

Separation noun [ Latin separatio : confer French séparation .] The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate. Specifically: (a) Chemical analysis. (b) Divorce. (c) (Steam Boilers) The operation of removing water from steam.

Judicial separation (Law) , a form of divorce; a separation of man and wife which has the effect of making each a single person for all legal purposes but without ability to contract a new marriage. Mozley & W.

Separatism noun [ CF. French séparatisme .] The character or act of a separatist; disposition to withdraw from a church; the practice of so withdrawing.

Separatist noun [ Confer French séparatiste .] One who withdraws or separates himself; especially, one who withdraws from a church to which he has belonged; a seceder from an established church; a dissenter; a nonconformist; a schismatic; a sectary.

Heavy fines on divines who should preach in any meeting of separatist .

Macaulay.

Separatistic adjective Of or pertaining to separatists; characterizing separatists; schismatical.

Separative adjective [ Latin separativus .] Causing, or being to cause, separation. " Separative virtue of extreme cold." Boyle.

Separator noun [ Latin ] One who, or that which, separates. Specifically: (a) (Steam Boilers) A device for depriving steam of particles of water mixed with it. (b) (Mining) An apparatus for sorting pulverized ores into grades, or separating them from gangue. (c) (Weaving) An instrument used for spreading apart the threads of the warp in the loom, etc.

Separatory adjective Separative. Cheyne.

Separatory noun [ Confer French séparatoire .]
1. (Chemistry) An apparatus used in separating, as a separating funnel.

2. (Surg.) A surgical instrument for separating the pericranium from the cranium. [ Obsolete]

Separatrix noun ; plural Latin -trices , English -trixes . [ Latin , she that separates.] (Arith.) The decimal point; the dot placed at the left of a decimal fraction, to separate it from the whole number which it follows. The term is sometimes also applied to other marks of separation.

Sepawn noun See Supawn . [ Local, U.S.]

Sepelible adjective [ Latin sepelibilis , from sepelire to bury.] Admitting of burial. [ Obsolete] Bailey.

Sepelition noun Burial. [ Obsolete] Bp. Hall.

Sephardic adjective [ From Sephardim , a name applied to the Spanish Jews, from Sephard , name of a place where Jews were held in captivity ( Ob. 20 ).] Of, pertaining to, or designating, the Jews (the Sephardim , also called Spanish or Portuguese Jews ) descended from Jewish families driven from Spain by the Inquisition.

Sephardim noun plural [ NHeb.; orig. uncert.] Jews who are descendants of the former Jews of Spain and Portugal. They are as a rule darker than the northern Jews, and have more delicate features.

Sephen noun (Zoology) A large sting ray of the genus Trygon , especially T. sephen of the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. The skin is an article of commerce.

Sepia noun ; plural English Sepias , Latin Sepiæ . [ Latin , from Greek ......... the cuttlefish, or squid.]
1. (Zoology) (a) The common European cuttlefish. (b) A genus comprising the common cuttlefish and numerous similar species. See Illustr . under Cuttlefish .

2. A pigment prepared from the ink, or black secretion, of the sepia, or cuttlefish. Treated with caustic potash, it has a rich brown color; and this mixed with a red forms Roman sepia . Confer India ink , under India .

Sepia drawing or picture , a drawing in monochrome, made in sepia alone, or in sepia with other brown pigments.

Sepia adjective Of a dark brown color, with a little red in its composition; also, made of, or done in, sepia.

Sepic adjective Of or pertaining to sepia; done in sepia; as, a sepic drawing.

Sepidaceous adjective (Zoology) Like or pertaining to the cuttlefishes of the genus Sepia.

Sepiment noun [ Latin sepimentum , saepimentum , from sepire , saepire , to hedge in.] Something that separates; a hedge; a fence. [ R.] Bailey.

Sepiolite noun [ Septa + -lite .] (Min.) Meerschaum. See Meerschaum .

Sepiostare noun [ Sepia + Greek ......... a bone.] (Zoology) The bone or shell of cuttlefish. See Illust. under Cuttlefish .

Sepon noun See Supawn . [ Local, U.S.]

Sepose transitive verb [ Latin pref se- aside + English pose .] To set apart. [ Obsolete] Donne.

Seposit transitive verb [ Latin sepositus , past participle of seponere to set aside.] To set aside; to give up. [ Obsolete]

Seposition noun [ Latin sepositio .] The act of setting aside, or of giving up. [ Obsolete] Jer. Taylor.

Sepoy noun [ Persian sipāhī , from sipāh an army. Confer Spahi .] A native of India employed as a soldier in the service of a European power, esp. of Great Britain; an Oriental soldier disciplined in the European manner.

Seppuku noun Same as Hara-kiri .

Seppuku , or hara-kiri, also came into vogue.

W. E. Griffis.

Sepsin noun [ Greek ......... putrefaction.] (Physiol. Chem.) A soluble poison (ptomaine) present in putrid blood. It is also formed in the putrefaction of proteid matter in general.

Sepsis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ......... putrefaction.] (Medicine) The poisoning of the system by the introduction of putrescent material into the blood.

Sept noun [ A corruption of sect , noun ] A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; -- used especially of the ancient clans in Ireland.

The chief, struck by the illustration, asked at once to be baptized, and all his sept followed his example.

S. Lover.

Septal adjective Of or pertaining to a septum or septa, as of a coral or a shell.

Septane noun [ Latin septem seven.] (Chemistry) See Heptane . [ R.]

Septangle noun [ Septi- + angle .] (Geom.) A figure which has seven angles; a heptagon. [ R.]

Septangular adjective Heptagonal.

Septarium noun ; plural Septaria . [ New Latin , from Latin septum , saeptum , an inclosure, a partition, from sepire , saepire , to inclose.] (Geol.) A flattened concretionary nodule, usually of limestone, intersected within by cracks which are often filled with calcite, barite, or other minerals.

Septæmia noun [ New Latin , from Greek ......... putrid + ......... blood.] (Medicine) Septicæmia.