Septemberer Sep·tem"ber·er noun A Setembrist. Carlyle.
Septembrist Sep·tem"brist noun [ French
septembriste .]
An agent in the massacres in Paris, committed in patriotic frenzy, on the 22d of September, 1792.
Septemfluous Sep·tem"flu·ous adjective [ Latin
septemfluus ;
septem seven +
fluere to flow.]
Flowing sevenfold; divided into seven streams or currents. [ R.]
Fuller.
Septempartite Sep·tem"par·tite adjective [ Latin
septem seven + English
partite .]
Divided nearly to the base into seven parts; as, a septempartite leaf.
Septemtrioun Sep·tem"tri·oun noun Septentrion. [ Obsolete]
Septemvir Sep·tem"vir noun ;
plural English
Septemvirs , Latin
Septemviri . [ Latin
septemviri , plural;
septem seven +
viri , plural of
vir man.]
(Rom. Hist.) One of a board of seven men associated in some office.
Septemvirate Sep·tem"vi·rate noun [ Latin
septemviratus .]
The office of septemvir; a government by septimvirs.
Septenary Sep"ten·a·ry adjective [ Latin
septenairus , from
septeni seven each,
septem seven: confer French
septénaire . See
Seven . ]
1. Consisting of, or relating to, seven; as, a septenary number. I. Watts. 2. Lasting seven years; continuing seven years. "
Septenary penance."
Fuller.
Septenary Sep"ten·a·ry noun The number seven. [ R.]
Holinshed.
Septenate Sep"ten·ate adjective [ Latin
septeni seven each.]
(Botany) Having parts in sevens; heptamerous.
Septennate Sep·ten"nate noun [ French
septennat .]
A period of seven years; as, the septennate during which the President of the French Republic holds office.
Septennial Sep·ten"ni·al adjective [ Latin
septennium a period of seven years;
septem seven +
annus year. See
Seven , and
Annual .]
1. Lasting or continuing seven years; as, septennial parliaments. 2. Happening or returning once in every seven years; as, septennial elections in England.
Septennially Sep·ten"ni·al·ly adverb Once in seven years.
Septentrial Sep·ten"tri·al adjective Septentrional. Drayton.
Septentrio Sep·ten"tri·o noun [ Latin See
Septentrion .]
(Astron.) The constellation Ursa Major.
Septentrion Sep·ten"tri·on noun [ Latin
septentrio the northern regions, the north, from
septentriones the seven stars near the north pole, called Charles's Wain, or the Great Bear, also those called the Little Bear; properly, the seven plow oxen;
septem seven +
trio , orig., a plow ox: confer French
septentrion .]
The north or northern regions. Shak. Both East West, South and Septentrioun .
Chaucer.
Septentrion, Septentrional Sep·ten"tri·on, Sep·ten"tri·on·al adjective [ Latin
septentrionalis : confer French
septentrional .]
Of or pertaining to the north; northern. "From cold
septentrion blasts."
Milton.
Septentrionality Sep·ten`tri·on·al"i·ty noun Northerliness.
Septentrionally Sep·ten"tri·on·al·ly adverb Northerly.
Septentrionate Sep·ten"tri·on·ate intransitive verb To tend or point toward the north; to north. Sir T. Browne.
Septet, Septette Sep·tet", Sep·tette" noun [ From Latin
septem seven, like
duet , from Latin
duo .]
1. A set of seven persons or objects; as, a septet of singers. 2. (Mus.) A musical composition for seven instruments or seven voices; -- called also septuor .
Septfoil Sept"foil noun [ French
sept seven (L.
septem ) + English
foil leaf: confer Latin
septifolium .]
1. (Botany) A European herb, the tormentil. See Tormentil . 2. (Architecture) An ornamental foliation having seven lobes. Confer Cinquefoil , Quarterfoil , and Trefoil . 3. (Eccl.Art.) A typical figure, consisting of seven equal segments of a circle, used to denote the gifts of the Holy Chost, the seven sacraments as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, etc. [ R.]
Septi- Sep"ti- [ Latin septem seven.] A combining form meaning seven ; as, septi folious, seven-leaved; septi -lateral, seven-sided.
Septic Sep"tic adjective [
Septi- +
- ic .]
(Math.) Of the seventh degree or order. --
noun (Alg.) A quantic of the seventh degree.
Septic Sep"tic noun A substance that promotes putrefaction.
Septic, Septical Sep"tic, Sep"tic·al adjective [ Latin
septicus , Greek ............, from ............ to make putrid: confer French
septique .]
Having power to promote putrefaction.
Septically Sep"tic·al·ly adverb In a septic manner; in a manner tending to promote putrefaction.
Septicidal Sep"ti·ci`dal adjective [
Septum + Latin
caedere to cut: confer French
septicide .]
(Botany) Dividing the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which a pod splits through the partitions and is divided into its component carpels.
Septicity Sep·tic"i·ty noun [ See
Septic .]
Tendency to putrefaction; septic quality.
Septicæmia Sep`ti·cæ"mi·a noun [ New Latin , from Greek ......... putrefactive + ......... blood.]
(Medicine) A poisoned condition of the blood produced by the absorption into it of septic or putrescent material; blood poisoning. It is marked by chills, fever, prostration, and inflammation of the different serous membranes and of the lungs, kidneys, and other organs.
Septifarious Sep`ti·fa"ri·ous adjective [ Latin
septifariam sevenfold. Confer
Bifarious .]
(Botany) Turned in seven different ways.
Septiferous Sep·tif"er·ous adjective [
Septum +
-ferous : confer French
septifère .]
(Botany) Bearing a partition; -- said of the valves of a capsule.
Septiferous Sep·tif"er·ous adjective [ Greek ......... putrefied +
-ferous .]
Conveying putrid poison; as, the virulence of septiferous matter.
Septifluous Sep·tif"lu·ous adjective [ CF.
Septemfluous .]
Flowing in seven streams; septemfluous.
Septifolious Sep`ti·fo"li·ous adjective [
Septi- + Latin
folium leaf.]
(Botany) Having seven leaves.
Septiform Sep"ti·form adjective [
Septum +
-form .]
Having the form of a septum.
Septifragal Sep·tif"ra·gal adjective [
Septum + Latin
frangere ,
fractum , to break.]
(Botany) Breaking from the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which the valves of a pod break away from the partitions, and these remain attached to the common axis.
Septilateral Sep`ti·lat"er·al adjective [
Septi- +
lateral .]
Having seven sides; as, a septilateral figure.
Septillion Sep·til"lion noun [ French
septilion , formed from Latin
septem seven, in imitation of
million .]
According to the French method of numeration (which is followed also in the United States), the number expressed by a unit with twenty-four ciphers annexed. According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-two ciphers annexed. See Numeration .
Septimole Sep"ti·mole noun [ Latin
septem seven.]
(Mus.) A group of seven notes to be played in the time of four or six.
Septinsular Sep·tin"su·lar adjective [
Sept i- +
insular .]
Consisting of seven islands; as, the septinsular republic of the Ionian Isles.
Septisyllable Sep"ti·syl`la·ble noun [
Septi- +
syllable .]
A word of seven syllables.
Septoic Sep·to"ic adjective [ Latin
septem seven.]
(Chemistry) See Heptoic . [ R.]
Septomaxillary Sep`to·max"il·la·ry adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the nasal septum and the maxilla; situated in the region of these parts. --
noun A small bone between the nasal septum and the maxilla in many reptiles and amphibians.
Septuagenarian Sep`tu·a·ge·na"ri·an noun A person who is seventy years of age; a septuagenary.
Septuagenary Sep`tu·ag"e·na·ry adjective [ Latin
septuagenarius , from
septuageny seventy each; akin to
septuaginta seventy,
septem seven. See
Seven .]
Consisting of seventy; also, seventy years old. --
noun A septuagenarian.
Septuagesima Sep`tu·a·ges"i·ma noun [ New Latin , from Latin
septuagesimus the seventieth, from
septuaginta seventy.]
(Eccl.) The third Sunday before Lent; -- so called because it is about seventy days before Easter.
Septuagesimal Sep`tu·a·ges"i·mal adjective Consisting of seventy days, years, etc.; reckoned by seventies. Our abridged and septuagesimal age.
Sir T. Browne.
Septuagint Sep"tu·a·gint noun [ From Latin
septuaginta seventy.]
A Greek version of the Old Testament; -- so called because it was believed to be the work of seventy (or rather of seventy-two) translators. » The causes which produced it [ the Septuagint], the number and names of the translators, the times at which different portions were translated, are all uncertain. The only point in which all agree is that Alexandria was the birthplace of the version. On one other point there is a near agreement, namely, as to time, that the version was made, or at least commenced, in the time of the early Ptolemies, in the first half of the third century b.c.
Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.) Septuagint chronology ,
the chronology founded upon the dates of the Septuagint, which makes 1500 years more from the creation to Abraham than the Hebrew Bible.
Septuary Sep"tu·a·ry noun [ Latin
septem seven.]
Something composed of seven; a week. [ R.]
Ash.
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