Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SES-QUIP'LI-CATE
SES-QUIP'E-DAL, or SES-QUIP-E-DA'LI-ANSES-QUI-SUL'PHID
SES-QUIP'LI-CATE, a. [L. sesqui, one and a half, and plicatus, plico, to fold.]
Designating the ratio of one and a half to one; as, the sesquiplicate proportion of the periodical times of the planets. – Cheyne.
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