Emily Dickinson Lexicon

season (-s, -'s), n. [ME < L. satiōn-em, act or time of sowing, seed-time.] (webplay: climate year, cold, days, fit, nature, sun, spring, summer, winter, time).

1. One of the four equal three-month periods of the year; climate-based time periods known as spring, summer, fall, and winter.
2. Ideal place and time.
3. Period of time; instance characteristic of a class, group, sort, or kind.
4. Time; portion; set of days.
5. Summer.
6. Years ago; long period of time; several units of time.