Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SEN'TI-NEL-ED, a.

Furnished with a sentinel.

SEN'TRY, n. [See Sentinel.]

Guard; watch; the duty of a sentinel. O'er my slumbers sentry keep. – Brown.

SEN'TRY-BOX, n.

A box to cover a sentinel at his post, and shelter him from the weather.

SENZA, prep. [Senza. It.; Fr. sans.]

Without.

SEP'AL, n. [from L. sepio.]

In botany, a distinct part of that sort of calyx which is called a perianth. When a perianth consists of but one part it is said to be monosepalous, when of two or more pans, it is said to be di, tri, tetra, pentasepalous, etc. When of a variable and indefinite number of parts, it is said to be polysepalous.

SEP'A-LOID, a.

Like a sepal, or distinct part of a perianth.

SEP-A-RA-BIL'I-TY, n. [from separable.]

The quality of being separable, or of admitting separation or disunion. Separability is the greatest argument of real distinction. – Glanville.

SEP'A-RA-BLE, a. [Fr. from L. separabilis. See Separate.]

That may be separated, disjoined, disunited or rent; as, the separable parts of plants; qualities not separable from the substance in which they exist.

SEP'A-RA-BLE-NESS, n.

The quality of being capable of separation or disunion. Trials permit me not to doubt of the separableness of a yellow tincture from gold. – Boyle.

SEP'A-RA-BLY, adv.

In a separable manner.

SEP'A-RATE, a. [L. separatus.]

1. Divided from the rest; being parted from another; disjoined; disconnected; used of things that have not united or connected. Gen. xlix. 2 Cor. vi.
2. Unconnected; not united; distinct; used of things that have not been connected. Christ was holy, harmless, undefiled, and separate from sinners. Heb. vii.
3. Disunited from the body; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls. – Locke.

SEP'A-RATE, v.i.

1. To part; to be disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from each other. The parties separated, and each retired.
2. To cleave; to open; as, the parts of a substance separate by drying or freezing.

SEP'A-RATE, v.t. [L. separo; Fr. separer; It. separare; Sp. separar; Russ. razberayu. The Latin word is compounded of se, a prefix, and paro, evidently coinciding with the oriental ברא or ברר, the sense of which is to throw or drive off. Class Br, No. 7, 8, 9, 10. See Pare and Parry.]

1. To disunite; to divide; to sever; to part, in almost any manner, either things naturally or casually joined. The parts of a solid substance may be separated by breaking, cutting or splitting, or by fusion, decomposition or natural dissolution. A compound body may be separated into its constituent parts. Friends may be separated by necessity, and must be separated by death. The prism separates the several kinds of colored rays, A riddle separates the chaff from the grain.
2. To set apart from a number for a particular service. Separate me Barnabas and Saul. Acts xiii.
3. To disconnect; as, to separate man and wife by divorce.
4. To make a space between. The Atlantic separates Europe from America. A narrow strait separates Europe from Africa. To separate one's self, to withdraw; to depart. Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me. Gen. xiii.

SEP'A-RA-TED, pp.

Divided; parted; disunited; disconnected.

SEP'A-RATE-LY, adv.

In a separate or unconnected state; apart; distinctly; singly. The opinions of the council were separately taken.

SEP'A-RATE-NESS, n.

The state of being separate.

SEP'A-RAT'IC-AL, a.

Pertaining to separation in religion. – Dwight.

SEP'A-RA-TING, ppr.

Dividing; disjoining; putting or driving asunder; disconnecting; decomposing.

SEP-A-RA'TION, n. [Fr. from L. separatio; It. separazione; Sp. separacion.]

1. The act of separating, severing or disconnecting; disjunctions; as, the separation of the soul from the body.
2. The state of being separate; disunion; disconnection. All the days of his separation he is holy to the Lord. – Num. vi.
3. The operation of disuniting; or decomposing substances; chimical analysis. – Bacon.
4. Divorce; disunion of married persons. – Shak.

SEP'A-RA-TISM, n.

The act of separating; disposition to withdraw from a church, or practice of withdrawing.

SEP'A-RA-TIST, n. [Fr. séparatiste.]

One that withdraws from a church, or rather from an established church, to which he has belonged; a dissenter; a seceder; a schismatic; a sectary. – Bacon.

SEP'A-RA-TOR, n.

One that divides or disjoins; a divider.

SEP'A-RA-TO-RY, a.

That separates; as, separatory ducts. [Little used.] – Cheyne.

SEP'A-RA-TO-RY, n.

A chimical vessel for separating liquors; and a surgical instrument for separating the pericranium from the cranium. – Parr.

SE-PAWN', or SE-PON', n.

A species of food consisting of meal of maiz boiled in water. It is in New York; and Pennsylvania what hasty-pudding is in New England.