SECTARIANISM — SEGNITY

SECTARIANISM — SEGNITY NWAD SECTARIANISM.1

SECTARIANISM, n. The disposition to dissent from the established church or predominant religion, and to form new sects. NWAD SECTARIANISM.1

SECTARISM, n. Sectarianism. [Little used.] NWAD SECTARISM.1

SECTARIST, n. A secretary. [Not much used.] NWAD SECTARIST.1

SECTARY, n. NWAD SECTARY.1

1. A person who separates from an established church, or from the prevailing denomination of christians; one that belongs to a sect; a dissenter. NWAD SECTARY.2

2. a follower; a pupil. [Not in use.] NWAD SECTARY.3

SECTATOR, n. A follower; a disciple; an adherent to a sect. [Not now used.] NWAD SECTATOR.1

SECTILE, a. [L. sectilus, from seco, to cut.] A sectile mineral is one that is midway between the briddle and the malleable, as soapstone and plumbago. NWAD SECTILE.1

SECTION, n. [L. sectio; seco, to cut off.] NWAD SECTION.1

1. The act of cutting or of separating by cutting; as the section of the bodies. NWAD SECTION.2

2. A part separated from the rest; a division. NWAD SECTION.3

3. In books and writings, a distinct part or portion; the subdivision of a chapter; the division of a law or other writing or instrument. In laws, a section is sometimes called a paragraph or article. NWAD SECTION.4

4. A distinct part of a city, town, country or people; a part of territory separated by geographecal lines, or of a people considered as distinct. Thus we say, the northern or eastern section of the United States, the middle section, the southern or western section. NWAD SECTION.5

5. In geometry, a side or surface of a body or figure cut off by another; or the place where lines, planes, etc. cut each other. NWAD SECTION.6

SECTIONAL, a. Pertaining to a section or distinct part of a larger body or territory. NWAD SECTIONAL.1

SECTOR, n. [L. seco, to cut.] NWAD SECTOR.1

1. In geometry, a part of a circle comprehended between two radii and the arch; or a mixed triangle, formed by two radii and the arch of a circle. NWAD SECTOR.2

2. A mathematical instrument so marked with lines of sines, tangents, secants, chords, etc. as to fit all radii and scales, and useful in finding the proportion between quantities of the same kind. The sector is founded on the fourth proposition of the sixth book of Euclid, where it is proved that similar triangles have their homologous sides proportional. NWAD SECTOR.3

SECULAR, a. [L. secularis, from seculum, the world or an age.] NWAD SECULAR.1

1. Pertaining to the present world, or to things not spiritual or holy; relating to things not immediately or primarily respecting the soul, but the body; worldly. The secular concerns of life respect making making provision for the support of life, the preservation of health, the temporal prosperity of men, of states, etc. Secular power is that which superintends and governs the temporal affairs of men, the civil or political power; and is contradistinguished from spiritual or ecclsiastical power. NWAD SECULAR.2

2. Among catholics, not regular; not bound by monastic vows or rules; not confines to a monastery or subject to the rules of a religious community. Thus we say, the secular clergy and the regular clergy. NWAD SECULAR.3

3. Coming once in a century; as a secular year. NWAD SECULAR.4

Secular games, in Rome, were games celebrated once in an age or century, which lasted three days and three nights, with sacrifices, theatrical shows, combats, sports, etc. Valerius Maximus. NWAD SECULAR.5

Secular music, any music or songs not adapted to sacred uses. NWAD SECULAR.6

Secular song or poem, a song or poem composed for the secular games, or sung or rehearsed at those games. NWAD SECULAR.7

SECULAR, n. A church officer or officiate whose functions are confines to the vocal department of the choir. NWAD SECULAR.8

SECULARITY, n. Worldiness; supreme attention to the things of the present life. NWAD SECULARITY.1

SECULARIZATION, n. [foom secularize.] the act of converting a regular person, place or benefice into a secular one. Most cathedral churchses were formerly regular, that is, the canons were of religious or monastic orders; but they have since been secularized. for the secularization of a regular church, there is wanted the authority of the pope, that of the prince, the bishop of the place, the patron, and even the consent of the people. NWAD SECULARIZATION.1

SECULARIZE, v.t. NWAD SECULARIZE.1

1. To make secular; to convert from spiritual appropriation to scular or common use; to convert that which is regular or monastic into secular; as, the ancient regular cathedral churches were secularized. NWAD SECULARIZE.2

At the reformation, the abbey was secularized. Coxe, Switz. NWAD SECULARIZE.3

2. To make worldy. NWAD SECULARIZE.4

SECULARIZED, pp. Converted from regular to secular. NWAD SECULARIZED.1

SECULARIZING, ppr. Converting from regular or monastic to secular. NWAD SECULARIZING.1

SECULARLY, adv. In a worldy manner. NWAD SECULARLY.1

SECULARNESS, n. A secular disposition; worldliness; worldly mindedness. NWAD SECULARNESS.1

SECUNDINE, n. Secundines, in the plural, as generally used, are the several coats or membranes in which the fetus is wrapped in the womb; the after-birth. NWAD SECUNDINE.1

SECURE, a. [L. securus.] NWAD SECURE.1

1. Free from danger of being taken by an enemy; that may resist assault or attack. Teh place is well fortified and very secure. Gibraltar is a secure fortress. In this sense, secure is followed by against or from; as secure against attack, or from an enemy. NWAD SECURE.2

2. Free from danger; safe; applied to persons; with from. NWAD SECURE.3

3. Free from fear or apprehension of danger; not alarmed; not disturbed by fear; confident of safety; hence, careless of the means of defense. Men are often most in danger when they feel most secure. NWAD SECURE.4

Confidence then bore thee on, secure NWAD SECURE.5

To meet no danger. Milton. NWAD SECURE.6

4. Confident; not distrultful; with of. NWAD SECURE.7

But thou, secure of soul, unbent with woes. Dryden. NWAD SECURE.8

It concerns the most secure of his strength, to pray to God not to expose him to an enemy. Rogers. NWAD SECURE.9

5. Careless; wanting caution. [See No. 3.] NWAD SECURE.10

6. Certain; very confident. He is secure of a welcome reception. NWAD SECURE.11

SECURE, v.t. NWAD SECURE.12

1. To guard effectually from danger; to make safe. Fortifications may secure a city; ships of war may secure a harbor. NWAD SECURE.13

I spread a cloud before the victor’s sight, NWAD SECURE.14

Sustain’d the vanquish’d, and secur’d his flight. Dryden. NWAD SECURE.15

2. To make certain; to put beyond hazard. Liberty and fixed laws secure to every citizen due protection of person and property. the first duty of the highest interest of men is to secure the favor of God by repentance and faith, and thus secure to themselves future felicity. NWAD SECURE.16

3. To inclose or confine effectually; to guard effectually from escape; sometimes, to seize and confine; as, to secure a prisoner. The sherif pursued the theif with a warrant, and secured him. NWAD SECURE.17

4. To made certain of payment; as, to secure a debt by mortgage. NWAD SECURE.18

5. To make certain of receiving a precarious debt by giving bond, mail, surety or other-wise; as, to secure a creditor. NWAD SECURE.19

6. To insure, as property. NWAD SECURE.20

7. To make fast; as, to secure a door; to secure a rafter to a plate; to secure the hatches of a ship. NWAD SECURE.21

SECURED, pp. Effectually guarded or protected; made certain; put beyond hazard; effectually confined; made fast. NWAD SECURED.1

SECURELY, adv. NWAD SECURELY.1

1. Without danger; safely; as, to pass a river on ice securely. But safely is generally used. NWAD SECURELY.2

2. Without fear or apprehension; carelessly; in an unguarded state; in confidence of safety. NWAD SECURELY.3

His daring foe securely him defied. Milton. NWAD SECURELY.4

Devise not evil against thy neighbor, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. Proverbs 3:29. NWAD SECURELY.5

SECUREMENT, n. Security; protection. [Not used.] NWAD SECUREMENT.1

SECURENESS, n. Confidence of safety; exemption from fear; hence, want of vigilance or caution. NWAD SECURENESS.1

SECURER, n. He or that which secures or protects. NWAD SECURER.1

SECURIFORM, a. [L. securis, an ax or hatchet, and form.] In botany, having the form of an ax or hatchet. NWAD SECURIFORM.1

SECURITY, n. [L. securitas.] NWAD SECURITY.1

1. Protection; effectual defense or saftey from danger of any kind; as a chain of forts erected for the security of the frontiers. NWAD SECURITY.2

2. That which protects or guards from danger. A navy constitutes the security of Great Britain from invasion. NWAD SECURITY.3

3. Freedom from fear or apprehension; confidence of safety; whence, negligence in providing means of defense. Security is dangerous, for it exposes men to attack when unprepared. Security in sin is the worst condition of the sinner. NWAD SECURITY.4

4. Safety; certainty. We have no security for peace with Algiers, but the dread of our navy. NWAD SECURITY.5

5. Anything given or deposited to secure the payment of a debt, or the performance of a contract; as a bond with surety, a mortgage, the indorsement of a responsible man, a pledge, etc. NWAD SECURITY.6

6. Something given or done to secure peace or good behavior. Violent and dangerous men are obliged to give security for their good behavior, or for keeping the peace. This security in being bound with one or more sureties in a recognizance to the king or state. NWAD SECURITY.7

SEDAN, n. [L. sedeo; like L. esseda] A portable chair or cover vehicle for carrying a single person. It is borne on poles by two men. NWAD SEDAN.1

SEDATE, a. [L. sedatus, from sedo, to calm or appease, that is, to set, to cause to subside.] Settled; composed; calm; quiet; tranquil; still; serene; unruffled by passion; udisturbed; as a sedate soul, mind or temper. So we say, a sedate look or countenance. NWAD SEDATE.1

SEDATELY, adv. Calmly; without agitation of mind. NWAD SEDATELY.1

SEDATENESS, n. Calmness of mind, manner or countenance; freedom from agitation; a settled state; composure; serenity; tranquillity; as sedateness of temper or soul; sedateness of countenance; sedateness of conversation. NWAD SEDATENESS.1

SEDATION, n. The act of calming. [Not in use.] NWAD SEDATION.1

SEDATIVE, a. [L. sedo, to calm.] In medicine, moderating muscular action or animal energy. NWAD SEDATIVE.1

SEDATIVE, n. A midicine that moderates muscular action or animal energy. Se defendendo, in defending himself; the plea of a person charged with murder, who alledges that he committed the act in his own defense. NWAD SEDATIVE.2

SEDENTARILY, adv. [from sedentary.] The state of being sedentary, or living without much action. NWAD SEDENTARILY.1

SEDENTARINESS, n. The state of being sedentary. NWAD SEDENTARINESS.1

SEDENTARY, a. [L. sedentarius, from sedens, sedeo, to sit.] NWAD SEDENTARY.1

1. Accustomed to sit much, or to pass most of the time in a sitting posture; as a sedentary man. Students, taylors and women are sedentary persons. NWAD SEDENTARY.2

2. Requiring much sitting; as a sedentary occupation or employment. NWAD SEDENTARY.3

3. Passed for the most part in sitting; as a sedentary life. NWAD SEDENTARY.4

4. Inactive; motionless; sluggish; as the sedentary earth. NWAD SEDENTARY.5

The soul, considered abstractly from its passions, is of a remiss sedentary nature. Spectator. NWAD SEDENTARY.6

SEDGE, n. [L. seco, to cut; that is sword grass, like L. gladiolus.] NWAD SEDGE.1

1. A narrow flag, or growth of such flags; called in the north of England, seg or sag. NWAD SEDGE.2

2. In New England, a species of very coarse grass growing in swamps, and forming bogs or clumps. NWAD SEDGE.3

SEDGED, a. Composed of flags or sedge. NWAD SEDGED.1

SEDGY, a. Overgrown with sedge. NWAD SEDGY.1

On the gentle Severn’s sedgy bank. Shak. NWAD SEDGY.2

SEDIMENT, n. [L. sedimentum, from sedeo, to settle.] The matter which subsides to the bottom of liquors; settlings; lees; dregs. NWAD SEDIMENT.1

SEDITION, n. [L. seditio. The sense of this word is the contrary of that which is naturally deducible from sedo, or sedeo, denoting a rising or raging, rather than an appeasing. But to set is really to throw down, to drive, and sedition may be a setting or rushing together.] A factious commotion of the people, a tumultuous assembly of men rising in opposition to law or the administration of justice, and in disturbance of the public peace. Sedition is a rising or commotion of less extent than an insurrection, and both are less than rebellion; but some kinds of sedition, in Great Britain, amount to high treason. In general, sedition is a local or limited insurrection in opposition to civil authority, as mutiny is to military. NWAD SEDITION.1

SEDITIONARY, n. An inciter or promoter of sedition. NWAD SEDITIONARY.1

SEDITIOUS, a. [L. seditiosus.] NWAD SEDITIOUS.1

1. Pertaining to sedition; partaking of the nature of sedition; as seditious behavior; seditious strife. NWAD SEDITIOUS.2

2. Tending to excite sedition; as seditious words. NWAD SEDITIOUS.3

3. Disposed to excite violent or irregular opposition to law or lawful authority; turbulent; factious, or guilty of sedition; as seditious citizens. NWAD SEDITIOUS.4

SEDITIOUSLY, adv. With tumultious opposition to law; in a manner to violate the public peace. NWAD SEDITIOUSLY.1

SEDITIOUSNESS, n. The disposition to excite popular commotion in opposition to law; or the act of exciting such commotion. NWAD SEDITIOUSNESS.1

SEDUCE, v.t. [L. seduco; se, from, and duco, to lead.] NWAD SEDUCE.1

1. To draw aside or entice from the path of rectitude and duty in any manner, by flattery, promises, bribes or otherwise; to tempt and lead to iniquity; to corrupt; to deprave. NWAD SEDUCE.2

Me the gold of France did not seduce. Shak. NWAD SEDUCE.3

In the latter times, some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits. 1 Timothy 4:1. NWAD SEDUCE.4

2. To entice to a surrender of chastity. He that can seduce a female is base enough to betray her. NWAD SEDUCE.5

SEDUSED, pp. Drawn or enticed from virtue; corrupted; depraved. NWAD SEDUSED.1

SEDUCEMENT, n. NWAD SEDUCEMENT.1

1. The act of seducing; seduction. NWAD SEDUCEMENT.2

2. The means employed to seduce; the arts of flattery, falsehood and deception. NWAD SEDUCEMENT.3

SEDUCER, n. NWAD SEDUCER.1

1. One that seduces; one that by temptation or arts, entices another to depart from the path of rectitude and duty; pre-eminently, one that by flattery, promises or falsehood, persuades a female to surrender her chastity. The seducer of a female is little less criminal than the murderer. NWAD SEDUCER.2

2. That which leads astray; that which entices to evil. NWAD SEDUCER.3

He whose firm faith no reason could remove, NWAD SEDUCER.4

Will mest before that soft seducer, love. Dryden. NWAD SEDUCER.5

SEDUCIBLE, a. Capable of being drawn aside from the path of rectitude; corruptible. NWAD SEDUCIBLE.1

SEDUCING, ppr. Enticing from the path of virtue or chastity. NWAD SEDUCING.1

SEDUCTION, n. [L. seductio.] NWAD SEDUCTION.1

1. The act of seducing or of enticing from the path of duty. NWAD SEDUCTION.2

2. Appropriately, the act or crime of persuading a female, by flattery or deception, to surrender her chastity. A woman who is above flattery, is least liable to seduction; but the best safeguard is principle, the love and purity of holiness, the fear of God and reverence forHis commandments. NWAD SEDUCTION.3

SEDUCTIVE, a. Tending to lead astray; apt to mislead by flattering appearances. NWAD SEDUCTIVE.1

SEDULITY, n. [L. sedulitas. See Sedulous.] Diligent and assiduous application to business; constant attention; unremitting industry in any pursuit. It denotes constancy and perseverance rather than intenseness of application. NWAD SEDULITY.1

Let there be but the same propensity and bent of will to religion, and there will be the same sedulity and indefatigable industry in men’s inquiries into it. South. NWAD SEDULITY.2

SEDULOUS, a. [L. sedulus, from the root of sedeo, to sit; as assiduous from assideo.] Literally, sitting close to an employment; hence, assiduous; diligent in application or pursuit; constant, steady and persevering in business or endeavors to effect an object; steadily industrious; as the sedulous bee. NWAD SEDULOUS.1

What signifies the sound of words in prayer, without the affection of heart, and a sedulous application of the proper means that may lead to such an end? L’Estrange. NWAD SEDULOUS.2

SEDULOUSLY, adv. Assiduously; industriously; diligently; with constant or continued application. NWAD SEDULOUSLY.1

SEDULOUSNESS, n. Assiduity; assiduousness; steady diligence; continued industry or effort. NWAD SEDULOUSNESS.1

SEE, n. NWAD SEE.1

1. The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop. NWAD SEE.2

2. The seat of an archbishop; a province or jurisdiction of an archbishop; as an archiepiscopal see. NWAD SEE.3

3. The seat, place or office of the pope or Roman pontif; as the papal see. NWAD SEE.4

4. The authority of the pope or court of Rome; as, to appeal to the see of Rome. NWAD SEE.5

SEE, v.t. [L. sequor, and Eng. essay, are all from the same radix. The primary sense of the root is to strain, stretch, extend; and as applied to see, the sense is to extend to, to reach, to strike with the eye or sight.] NWAD SEE.6

1. To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and the apparent qualities of objects by the organs of sight; to behold. NWAD SEE.7

I will now turn aside and see this great sight. Exodus 3:3. NWAD SEE.8

We have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. Judges 18:9. NWAD SEE.9

2. To observe; to note or notice; to know; to regard or look to; to take care; to attend, as to the execution of some order, or to the performance of something. NWAD SEE.10

Give them the first one simple idea, and see that they fully comprehend before you go any farther. Locke. NWAD SEE.11

See that ye fall not out by the way. Genesis 45:24. NWAD SEE.12

3. To discover; to descry; to understand. Who so dull as not to see the device or strategem? NWAD SEE.13

Very notable actions often lose much of their excellence when the motives are seen. NWAD SEE.14

4. To converse or have intercourse with. We improve by seeing men of different habits and tempers. NWAD SEE.15

5. To visit; as, to call and see a friend. The physician sees his patient twice a day. NWAD SEE.16

6. To attend; to remark or notice. NWAD SEE.17

I had a mind to see him out, and therefore did not care to contradict him. Addison. NWAD SEE.18

7. To behold with patience or sufferance; to endure. NWAD SEE.19

It was not meet for us to see the king’s dishonor. Ezra 4:14. NWAD SEE.20

8. In Scripture, to hear or attend to. NWAD SEE.21

I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Revelation 1:12. NWAD SEE.22

9. To feel; to suffer; to experience. NWAD SEE.23

Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years in which we have seen evil. Psalm 90:15. NWAD SEE.24

If a man shall keep my saying, he shall never see death. John 8:51; Luke 2:26. NWAD SEE.25

10. To know; to learn. NWAD SEE.26

Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren. Genesis 37:14. NWAD SEE.27

11. To perceive; to understand; to comprehend. I see the train of argument; I see his motives. NWAD SEE.28

12. To perceive; to understand experimentally. NWAD SEE.29

I see another law in my members. Romans 7:23. NWAD SEE.30

13. To beware. NWAD SEE.31

See thou do it not. Revelation 19:10. NWAD SEE.32

14. To know by revelation. NWAD SEE.33

The word that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. Isaiah 1:1; Isaiah 2:1. NWAD SEE.34

15. To have faith in and reliance on. NWAD SEE.35

Seeing him who is invisible. Hebrews 11:27. NWAD SEE.36

16. To enjoy; to have fruition of. NWAD SEE.37

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Matthew 5:8. NWAD SEE.38

SEE, v.i. NWAD SEE.39

1. To have the power of perceiving by the proper organs, or the power of sight. Som animals, it is said, are able to see best in the night. NWAD SEE.40

2. To discern; to have intellectual seght; to penetrate; to understand; with through or into; as, to see through the plans or policy of another; to see into artful schemes and pretensions. NWAD SEE.41

3. To eximane or inquere. See wether the estimate is correct. NWAD SEE.42

4. To be attentive. NWAD SEE.43

5. To have full understanding. NWAD SEE.44

But now ye say, we see, therefore your sin remaineth. John 9:41. NWAD SEE.45

Let me see, let us see, are used to express consideration, or to introduce the particular consideration of a subject, or some scheme or calculation. NWAD SEE.46

See is used imperatively, to call the attention of others to an object or a subject. See, see, how the balloon ascends. NWAD SEE.47

See what it is to habe a poet in your house. Pope. NWAD SEE.48

SEED, n. NWAD SEED.1

1. The substance, animal or vegetable, which nature prepares for the reproduction and conservation of the species. The seeds of plants are a deciduous part, containing the rudiments of a new vegetable. In some cases, the seeds costitute the fruit or valuable part of plants, as in the case of wheat and other esculent grain; sometimes the seeds are inclosed in fruit, as in apples and melons. When applied to animal matter, it has no plural. NWAD SEED.2

2. That from which any thing springs; first principle; original; as the seeds of virtue or vice. NWAD SEED.3

3. Principle of production. NWAD SEED.4

Praise of great acts he scatters as a seed. Waller. NWAD SEED.5

4. Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as the seed of Abraham; the seed of David. In this sense, the word is applied to one person, or to any number collectively, and admits of the plural form; but rarely used in the plural. NWAD SEED.6

5. Race; generation; birth. NWAD SEED.7

Of mortal seed they were not held. Waller. NWAD SEED.8

SEED, v.i. NWAD SEED.9

1. To grow to maturity, so as to produce seed. Maiz will not seed in a cool climate. NWAD SEED.10

2. To shed the seed. NWAD SEED.11

SEED, v.t. To sow; to sprinkle with seed, which germinates and takes root. NWAD SEED.12

SEED-BUD, n. [seed and bud.] The germ, germen or rudiment of the fruit in embryo. NWAD SEED-BUD.1

SEED-CAKE, n. [seed and cake.] A sweet cake containing aromatic seeds. NWAD SEED-CAKE.1

SEED-COAT, n. In botany, the aril or outer coat of a seed. NWAD SEED-COAT.1

SEED-LEAF, n. In botany, the primary leaf. The seed-leaves are the cotyledons or lobes of a seed expanded and in the vegetation. NWAD SEED-LEAF.1

SEEDLING, n. A young plant or root just sprung from the seed. NWAD SEEDLING.1

SEED-LIP, SEED-LOP, n. A vessle in which a sower carries the seed to be dispersed. NWAD SEED-LIP.1

SEED-LOBE, n. The lobe of a seed; a cotyledon, which see. NWAD SEED-LOBE.1

SEEDNESS, n. Seed-time. [Not in use.] NWAD SEEDNESS.1

SEED-PEARL, n. [seed and pearl.] Small grains of pearl. NWAD SEED-PEARL.1

SEED-PLAT, SEED-PLOT, n. [seed and plat.] NWAD SEED-PLAT.1

1. The ground on which seeds are sown to produce plants for transplanting; hence, NWAD SEED-PLAT.2

2. A nursery; a place where any thing is sown or planted for cultivation. NWAD SEED-PLAT.3

SEEDSMAN, n. [seed and man.] A person who deals in seeds; also, a sower. NWAD SEEDSMAN.1

SEED-TIME, n. [seed and time] The season proper for sowing. NWAD SEED-TIME.1

While the earth remaineth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and winter, and day and night, shall not cease. Genesis 8:22. NWAD SEED-TIME.2

SEED-VESSEL, n. In botany, the pericarp which contains the seeds. NWAD SEED-VESSEL.1

SEEDY, a. [from seed.] NWAD SEEDY.1

1. Abounding with seeds. NWAD SEEDY.2

2. Having a peculiar flavor, supposed to be derived from the weeds growing amoung vines; applied to French brandy. NWAD SEEDY.3

SEEING, ppr. [from see.] Perceiving by the eye; knowing; understanding; observing; beholding. NWAD SEEING.1

[Note. This participle appears to be used indefinitely, or without direct reference to a person or persons. “Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me?” Genesis 26:27. That is, since, or the fact being that or thus; because that. In this form of phraseology, that is understood or implied after seeing; why come ye to me, seeing that, ye hate me? The resolution of the phrase or sentence is, ye hate me; that fact being seen or known by you, why come ye to me? or why come you to me, ye seeing [knowing] that fact which follows, viz. ye hate me. In this case, seeing retains its participial character, although its relation to the pronoun is somewhat obscured. Originally, seeing, in this use, had direct relation to the speaker or to some other person. “Now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not witheld thy son.” Genesis 22:12. Here seeing refers to I, or according to the language of syntax, agrees or accords with I. I know thou fearest God, for I see thou hast not withheld thine only son; I know thou fearest God by seeing, in consequence of seeing this fact, thou hast not withheld thine only son. But the use of seeing is extended to cases in which it cannot be referred to a specifec person or persons, in which cases it expresses the notoriety or admission of a fact in general, and is left, like the French on, in the phrases on dit, on voit, without application to any particular person.] NWAD SEEING.2

SEEK, v.t. pret. and pp. sought, pronounced sawt. [L. sequor, to follow; for to seek is to go after, and the primary sense is to advance, to press, to drive forward, as in the L. peto.] NWAD SEEK.1

1. To go in searh or quest of; to look for; to search for by going from place to place. NWAD SEEK.2

The man asked him, saying, what seekest thou? And he said, I seek my brethen. Genesis 37:15-16. NWAD SEEK.3

2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to endeavor to find or gain by any means. NWAD SEEK.4

The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. Psalm 104:21. NWAD SEEK.5

He found no place for repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. Hebrews 12:17. NWAD SEEK.6

Others tempting him, sought of him a sign. Luke 11:16. NWAD SEEK.7

3.Seek is followed sometimes by out or after. To seek out, properly implies to look for a specific thing among a number. But in general, the use of out and after with seek, is unnecessary and inelegant. NWAD SEEK.8

To seek God, his name, or his face, in Scripture, to ask for his favor, direction and assistance. Psalm 83:16. NWAD SEEK.9

God seeks men, when he fixes his love on them, and by his word and Spirit, and the righteousness of Christ, reclaims and recovers them from their miserable condition as sinners. Ezekiel 34:4; Psalm 119:176; Luke 15:8. NWAD SEEK.10

To seek after the life, or soul, to attempt by arts or machinations; or to attempt to destroy or ruin. Psalm 35:4. NWAD SEEK.11

To seek peace, or judgement, to endeavor to promote it; or to practice it. Psalm 34:14; Isaiah 1:17. NWAD SEEK.12

To seek an altar, temple, or habitation, to frequent it; to restore to it often. 2 Chronicles 1:5; Amos 5:4. NWAD SEEK.13

To seek out God’s works, to endeavor to understand them. Psalm 111:2. NWAD SEEK.14

SEEK, v.i. NWAD SEEK.15

1. To make search or inquiry; to endeavor to make discovery. NWAD SEEK.16

Seek ye out of the book of the Lord. Isaiah 34:16. NWAD SEEK.17

2. To endeavor. NWAD SEEK.18

Ask not what pains, nor further seek to know NWAD SEEK.19

Their process, or the forms of law below. Dryden. NWAD SEEK.20

To seek after, to make pursuit; to attempt to find or take. [See No. 3 supra.] NWAD SEEK.21

To seek for, to endeavor to find. Knolles. NWAD SEEK.22

To seek to, to apply to; to resort to. 1 Kings 10:24. NWAD SEEK.23

To seek, at a loss; without knowledge, measures or experience. NWAD SEEK.24

Unpractic’d, unprepar’d and still to seek. Milton. [This phrase, I believe, is wholly obsolete.] NWAD SEEK.25

SEEKER, n. NWAD SEEKER.1

1. One that seeks; an inquirer; as a seeker of truth. NWAD SEEKER.2

2. One of a sect that profess no determinate religion. NWAD SEEKER.3

SEEK-SORROW, n. [seek and sorrow.] One that contrives to give himself vexation. [Little used.] NWAD SEEK-SORROW.1

SEEL, v.t. To close the eyes; a term of falconry, from the practice of the closing the eyes of a wild hawk. NWAD SEEL.1

SEEL, v.i. [See Sell.] To lean; to incline to one side. Obs. NWAD SEEL.2

SEEL, SEELING, n. The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm. Obs. NWAD SEEL.3

SEEL, n. Time; opportunity; season. Obs. NWAD SEEL.4

SEELILY, adv. In a silly manner. Obs. NWAD SEELILY.1

SEELY, a. [from seel.] NWAD SEELY.1

1. Lucky; fortunate. Obs. NWAD SEELY.2

2. Silly; foolish; simple. Obs. [See Silly.] NWAD SEELY.3

SEEM, v.i. NWAD SEEM.1

1. To appear; to make or have a show or semblance. NWAD SEEM.2

Thou art not what thou seems’t. Shak. NWAD SEEM.3

All seem’d well pleased; all seem’d, but were not all. Milton. NWAD SEEM.4

2. To have the appearance of truth or fact; to be understood as true. It seems that the Turkish power is on the decline. NWAD SEEM.5

A prince of Italy, it seems, entertained his mistress on a great lake. Addison. NWAD SEEM.6

SEEM, v.t. To become; to befit. Obs. NWAD SEEM.7

SEEMER, n. One that carries an appearance or semblance. NWAD SEEMER.1

Hence we shall see NWAD SEEMER.2

If pow’r change purpose, what our seemers be. Shak. NWAD SEEMER.3

SEEMING, ppr. NWAD SEEMING.1

1. Appearing; having the appearance or semblance, whether real or not. NWAD SEEMING.2

2. a. Specious. NWAD SEEMING.3

SEEMING, n. NWAD SEEMING.4

1. Appearance; show; semblance. NWAD SEEMING.5

2. Fair appearance. NWAD SEEMING.6

These keep Seeming and savor all the winter long. Shak. NWAD SEEMING.7

3. Opinion or liking; favorable opinion. NWAD SEEMING.8

Nothing more clear to their seeming. Hooker. NWAD SEEMING.9

His persuasive words impregn’d with reason to her seeming. Obs. Milton. NWAD SEEMING.10

SEEMINGLY, adv. In appearance; in show; in semblance. NWAD SEEMINGLY.1

This the father seemingly complied with. Addison. NWAD SEEMINGLY.2

They depend often on remote and seemingly disproportioned causes. Atterbury. NWAD SEEMINGLY.3

SEEMINGNESS, n. Fair appearance; plausibility. NWAD SEEMINGNESS.1

SEEMLESS, a. Unseemly; unfit; indecorous. Obs. NWAD SEEMLESS.1

SEEMLINESS, n. [from seemly.] Comliness; grace; fitness; propriety; decency; decorum. NWAD SEEMLINESS.1

When seemliness combines with portliness. Camden. NWAD SEEMLINESS.2

SEEMLY, a. Becoming; fit; suited to the object, occasion, purpose or character; suitable. NWAD SEEMLY.1

Suspense of judgement and excercise of charity were safer and seemlier for christian men, than the hot pursuit of these controversies. Hooker. NWAD SEEMLY.2

Honor is not seemly for a fool. Proverbs 26:1. NWAD SEEMLY.3

SEEMLY, adv. In a decent or suitable manner. NWAD SEEMLY.4

SEEMLYHEAD, [See Head and Hood.] Comely or decent appearance. Obs. NWAD SEEMLYHEAD.1

SEEN, pp. of see. NWAD SEEN.1

1. Beheld; observed; understood. NWAD SEEN.2

2. a. Versed; skilled. NWAD SEEN.3

Noble Boyle, not less in nature seen- Obs. Dryden. NWAD SEEN.4

SEER, n. [from see.] NWAD SEER.1

1. One who sees; as a seer of visions. NWAD SEER.2

2. A prophet; a person who forsees future events. NWAD SEER.3

SEER-WOOD, [See Sear, and Sear-wood, dry wood.] NWAD SEER-WOOD.1

SEE-SAW, n. [Qu. saw and saw, or sea and saw.] A vibrating or reciprocating motion. NWAD SEE-SAW.1

SEE-SAW, v.i. To move with reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward. NWAD SEE-SAW.2

SEETHE, v.t. pret. seethed, sod; pp. seethed, sodden. [Heb. to seethe, to boil, to swell, to be inflated.] To boil; to decoct or prepare for food in hot liquor; as, to seethe flesh. NWAD SEETHE.1

Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother’s milk. Exodus 23:19. NWAD SEETHE.2

SEETHE, v.i. To be in a state of ebullition; to be hot. [This word is rarely used in the common concerns of life.] NWAD SEETHE.3

SEETHED, pp. Boiled; decoated. NWAD SEETHED.1

SEETHER, n. A boiler; a pot for boiling things. NWAD SEETHER.1

SEETHING, ppr. Boiling; decoating. NWAD SEETHING.1

SEG, n. Sedge. [Not in use.] NWAD SEG.1

SEGHOL, n. a Hebrew vowel-point, or short vowel. NWAD SEGHOL.1

SEGHOLATE, a. Marked with a seghol. NWAD SEGHOLATE.1

SEGMENT, n. [L. segmentum, from seco, to cut off.] NWAD SEGMENT.1

1. In geometry, that part of the circle contained between a chord and an arch of that circle, or so much of the circle as is cut off by the chord. NWAD SEGMENT.2

2. In general, a part cut off or divided; as the segments of a calyx. NWAD SEGMENT.3