Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SEP-TEN'TRI-ON-ATE
SEP-TEN'TRI-ON-ATE, v.i.
To tend northerly. – Brown. [This word septentrion and its derivatives are hardly anglicized; they are harsh, unnecessary and little used, and may well be suffered to pass into disuse.]
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