Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SEM'I-FORM-ED, a. [semi and formed.]

Half formed; imperfectly formed; as, semi-formed crystals. – Edwards' W. Indies.

SEM-I-I-AN'NU-AL-LY, adv.

Every half year.

SEM-I-IN'DU-RA-TED, a. [semi and indurated.]

Imperfectly indurated or hardened.

SEM-I-LA-PID'I-FI-ED, a. [semi and lapidified.]

Imperfectly changed into stone. – Kirwan.

SEM-I-LEN-TIC'U-LAR, a. [semi and lenticular.]

Half lenticular or convex; imperfectly resembling a lens. – Kirwan.

SEM-I-LU'NAR, or SEM-I-LU'NA-RY, a. [Fr. semilunaire; L. semi and luna, moon.]

Resembling in form a half moon. – Grew.

SEM'I-MET-AL, n. [semi and metal.]

A metal that is not malleable, as bismuth, arsenic, nickel, cobalt, ziuk, antimony, manganese, tungsten, molybden, and uranite.

SEM-I-ME-TAL'LIC, a.

Pertaining to a semi-metal, or partaking of its nature and qualities. – Kirwan.

SEM'IN-AL, a. [Fr. from seminalis, from semen, seed; from the root of sow.]

1. Pertaining to seed, or to the elements of production.
2. Contained in seed; radical; rudimental; original; as, seminal principles of generation; seminal virtue. – Glanville. Swift. Seminal leaf, the same as seed-leaf.

SEM'IN-AL, n.

Seminal state. – Brown.

SEM-IN-AL'I-TY, n.

The nature of seed; or the power of being produced. – Brown.

SEM'IN-A-RIST, n. [from seminary.]

A Romish priest educated in a seminary. – Sheldon.

SEM'IN-A-RY, a.

Seminal; belonging to seed. – Smith.

SEM'IN-A-RY, n. [Fr. seminaire; L. seminarium, from semen, seed; semino, to sow.]

1. A seed-plat; ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; as, to transplant trees from a seminary. – Mortimer. [In this sense, the word is not used in America; being superseded by nursery.]
2. The place or original stock whence any thing is brought. This stratum, being the seminary or promptuary furnishing matter far the formation of animal and vegetable bodies. [Not in use.] – Woodward.
3. Seminal state. [Not in use.] – Brown.
4. Source of propagation. – Harvey.
5. A place of education; any school, academy, college or university, in which young persons are instructed in the several branches of learning which may qualify them for their future employments. [This is the only signification of the word in the United States, at least as far as my knowledge extends.]
6. Romish priest educated in a seminary; a seminarist. – B. Jonson.

SEM'IN-ATE, v.t. [L. semino.]

To sow; to spread; to propagate. – Waterhouse.

SEM-I-NA'TION, n. [L. seminatio.]

1. The act of sowing. – Wotton.
2. In botany, the natural dispersion of seeds. – Martyn.

SEM'IN-ED, a.

Thick covered, as with seeds. [Obs.] – B. Jonson.

SEM-IN-IF'ER-OUS, a. [L. semen, seed; and fero, to produce.]

Seed-bearing; producing seed. – Darwin.

SEM-IN-IF'IC, or SEM-IN-IF'IC-AL, a. [L. semen, seed, and facio, to make.]

Forming or producing seed. – Brown.

SEM-IN-IF-IC-A'TION, n.

Propagation from the seed or seminal parts. – Hale.

SEM'I-NYMPH, n.

In entomology, the nymph of insects which undergo a slight change only in passing to a perfect state.

SE-MI-O-LOG'IC-AL, a.

Relating to the doctrine of signs or symptoms of diseases.

SEM-I-O-PAKE', or SEM-I-O-PA'COUS, a. [L. semi and opacus.]

Half transparent only. – Boyle.

SEM'I-O-PAL, n.

A variety of opal. – Jameson.

SEM-I-OR-BIC'U-LAR, a. [semi and orbicular.]

Having the shape of a half orb or sphere. – Martyn.