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`Webster's II
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`Ne-w College Dictionary
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`Houghton Mifflin Company
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`Webster's II new college dictionary.
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`ISBN 0-395-70869-9
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`1. English language- Dictionaries.
`Riverside University dictionary
`PE1628.W55164
`1995
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`I. Webster's II new
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`Contents
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`Editorial and Production Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v1
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`Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · ... .... vii
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`Elements of the Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
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`Explanatory Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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`Abbreviations Used in this Dictionary .....
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`Pronunciation Guide .
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`DIC:lLI()NAitlr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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`Abbreviations .... . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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`Biographical Names . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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`Geographic Names . . . . . ... .
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`'Foreign Words and Phrases . . . .
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`Four-Year C:olleges and Universities . . . . . . . . . . . ..
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`llwo-Year Public Colleges and Universities . . . . . ....
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`A C:oncise Guide to Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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`Forms of Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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`llable of Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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`Periodic Table of the Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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`Signs and Symbols . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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`seer • selenic.
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`seer (sir, se':~r} n. [ME < seen, co see.] I. One that sees. 2. A prophet.
`3. A clairvoyant.
`seer-ess (srr'Is} n. A woman who is a prophet or clairvoyant.
`see r•suck·er (sir'silk';~r) n. [Urdu sirsakar < Pers. shir·o·shal<ar:
`sbir, milk + o, and + shakar, sugar < Skt. sarkara.] A lightweight fab·
`ric, generally of cotton or rayon, with a crinkled surface and usu. a
`striped pattern.
`see-saw (se' so') n. [Redup. of sAw 1.) 1. A long board balanced on a
`central fulcrum so that with a person riding oo each end, one end goes
`up as the other goes down. 2. The act or game of riding a seesaw. 3. An
`up-and-down or back-and-forth movement. -vi. -sawed, -snw•
`ing, -saws. 1. To play on a seesaw. 2. To move up and down or back
`and forth.
`seethe (seth) v. seethed, seeth·ing, see'thes. [ME sethen, tO
`boil < OE seo&n. ) -vi. 1. To chum and bubble while or as il while
`boiling. 2. To move in confusion : FERMENT. 3. To be violently agitated
`or excited. 4. Archaic. To come to a boil. -vt. 1. To steep in liquid.
`2. Archaic. To boil. - seethe n.
`see-through (se' throo') adj. Transparent.
`seg-ment (sC!g'm:~nt} n. [Lat. segmentum < secare, to cut.) l. Any
`of the parts into which something can be divided : stcnoN. 2. Math.
`A section of a figure cut off by a line or plane, esp.: a. The region
`bounded by a chord and the arc of a curve subtended by the chord. b.
`The part of a curve between any two points om the curve. c. The part
`of a sphere bounded by two parallel planes intersecting or tangent to
`the sphere. 3. Biol. A distinct subdivision of an organism or part, as a
`metamere. - vt. ez) vi. (sl!g-ml!nt1 ) -ment•ed, -ment•ing,
`-ments. To divide or become divided into segments. -seg'men·
`tar'y (-m:~n-tC!r'e} adj.
`seg•men·tal (sC!g-mC!n' tl) adj. 1. Of or pertaining to segments. 2.
`Divided or organized into segments. -seg-men' tal-ly adv.
`seg•men•ta•tion (sC!g'm:m·t31 sh~n. -m~n-) n. 1. Division into seg(cid:173)
`ments. 2. Bioi. Cleavage.
`segmentation cavity n. Bioi. A blastocoel.
`se-gno (sa'nyo} n., pl. -gnos. [Ita!., sign < Lat. signum.] Mus. A
`sign, esp. one marking the beginning or end of a repeat.
`se•go (se'go) n., pl. -gos. [Of Ute orig.] The succulent edible bulb of
`the sego lily.
`sego lily n. A plant, Calocbortus nuttallii. oi western North Amer-
`ica, with variously colored trumpet-shaped flowers.
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`seg•re•gate (sC!g'rl-g3t') v. -gat•ed, -gat•ing, -gates. [Lat. se(cid:173)
`gregate, segregat- : se-, ap.art + grex, flock.] - vt. 1. To set apart or
`isolate from others or from a central body or group. 2. To impose the
`separation of (a race or class} from the rest of a people. -vi. 1. To
`become separated from a central body or group. 2. To practice a policy
`of racial segregation. 3. Genetics. To undergo genetic segregation.
`-adj. {·git, -~t' ). Set apart : ISOLATED. -seg' re•ga' tive adj.
`-seg1re•ga tor n.
`seg-re-ga•tion (sC!g'rl-g:i'sh:~n) n. 1. The act or process of segre(cid:173)
`gating or the state of being segregated. 2. The policy or practice of im(cid:173)
`posing the social separation of races, as in schools, housing, and
`employment. 3. Genetics. Separation of paired alleles in meiosis.
`seg•re •ga•tion•ist (s~g'ri-gii ' sh:l-nlst) n. One who advocates or
`practices a policy of racial segregation.
`se•gue (sl!g' wa , s:i' gwii') vi. -sued, -gu•i.ng, -gues. [Jtal., there
`follows < seguire, to follow < Lat. sequi.] To make an immediate tran(cid:173)
`sition .from one section or theme, as of music, to another.
`se·gui·di·lla (s~g':~-de'y:~, -deify:~) n. [Sp. < seguida, fern. p.part. of
`seguir, to follow < VLat. • sequere < Lat. sequi.] l. A Spanish stanza
`form of four to seven short verses. 2. a. An energetic Spanish dance. b.
`The music for this dance, in 3/4 time.
`sei•cen•to (sa-chi!n1 to} n. [!tal., short for ntilleseicento, one thou(cid:173)
`sand six hundred.] The 17th cent. period in Italian literature and art.
`s eiche (sash, sech) n. [Dial. Fr.] A wave that oscillates in partially or
`totally enclosed bodies of water from a few minutes to a few hours,
`caused by seismic or atmospheric disturbances.
`Seid·litz powder also Seid·litz powders (s~d ' lrts) n. [So
`called from its laxative properties, which are similar to those of the
`spring water at Seidlitz, a village in Bohemia.] A cathartic containing
`Rochelle salts, sodium bicarbonate, and tartaric acid.
`seign•ior (san·yor', san' yOr') n. [ME seignour < OFr. seigneur <
`Med. Lat. senior < Lat., older, comp. of senex, old.] A man of high
`rank, esp. a feudal lord. - sei·gnio'ri·al adj.
`seign•ior·age (san ' y~r-lj) n. [ME seigneurage < OFr. < seigneur,
`seignior.] A revenue or profit taken from the minting of coins, usu. the
`difference between the intrinsic value of the bullion and the face value
`of the coin.
`seign· ior•v (san 'y:~-re} n., pl. -ies. 1. A feudal lord's estate. 2. The
`authority and power of a feudal lord.
`seine (san) n. [ME < OE segne < Lat. sagena < Gk. sagene.] A large
`fishing net that hangs vertically in the water by means of weights at
`the lower edge and floats at the top. - v. seined, sein•ing, seines.
`-vi. To fish with a seine. - vt. To fish for or catch with a seine.
`- sein'er n.
`seise (sez) v. var. of SEIZE. 6.
`sei·sin also sei-zin (se ' zln) n. [ME seisine < OFr. < seisir, to
`seize.] Law. 1. Possession of land, as a freehold estate. 2. a. The act of
`taking possession of land. b. Property thus possessed.
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`se!sm (si'z:~m} n. [Gk. seismos < seiein, to shake.] An eanbqu.L(cid:173)
`seism- pre/. var. of SEISMO·.
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`seis-mic (siz' mlk} adj. I. Of, subject to, or caused by an eartbq ... L_
`or earth tremor. 2. Earthshaking. -seis'mi·cal·ly adv. -~
`..... ...
`mic' i·tY (-mis' I-te} n.
`seis-mism (siz' miz':~m) n. Earthquake phenomena.
`seis~o- or seism- pre/. [ < Gk. seismo~;, earthquake.] Eartbqu.ake
`<seismograph>
`s e is·mo•gram (siz ' m~·gr~m') n. The record of an earth trelll
`or
`made by a seismograph.
`seis•mo.graph (siz' m:J-gri!l') n. Au illStrument that automatic
`detects and records the direction, duration, and strength of a gro~
`vibration, esp. of an earthquake. - seis•mog' ra•pher (siz-mOgt
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`r:~-f:lr} n. - seis'mo•graph'ic ad;. - seis•mog'ra•phy n.
`seis·mol•o•gy (siz-mOI'~-je) n. The science that deals witb ~rth
`quakes and the mechanical properties of the earth. -seia'IIIO.
`log' ic (-m:~-lOj'Ik), seis' mo•log'i·cal adj. -seis'mo.Jo&'l•
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`cal·lv adv. -seis-mol'o·gist n.
`seis•mom•e•ter (siz-mOm' I·t:lr) n. A detector of seismic impul5es,
`-seis' mo•met1ric (-m~·mC!t 1 rik), seis'mo•met'ri·c:al ad1
`seis•mom•e•try (siz-mOm' T·tre) n. The study of earthquakes.·
`sei s•mo-scope (siz ' m:~-skop' ) n. An instrument that indicates
`only the occurrence or time of occurrence of an earthquake. - seia'
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`mo•scop'ic (-sk0p1 rk) adj.
`sei·•Sor (se 1z:lr, -zor') n. var. of SEIZOR.
`seize (sez) v. seized, seiz-ing, seiz-es. [ME seisen < OFr. seisll
`to take possession, of Germanic orig.] -vt. 1. To take hold of sud:
`denly and forcibly : GRAB. 2. To grasp mentally : COMPREHEND. 3. To
`affect suddenly : OVERWHELM. 4. To take into custody : ARREST. 5. To
`take quick and forcible possession of <seize a cache of rilles> 6. also
`seise. a. Law. To take into legal custody : CONFISCATE. b. Obs. To puc
`in possession of a feudal property. 7. To pur to quick advantage as an
`opportunity. 8. Naut. To bind with turns of small line. -vi. 1. To by
`hoLd suddenly or forcibLy <seize on one's chance> 2. To fuse or cohere
`with another part due to high pressure or temperature, slowing 01
`stopping further motion. - seiz' a-ble ad;. - seiz' er n.
`sei·zin (se' zin) n. var. of SEISIN.
`seiz·ing (se 1zing) n. Naut. 1. A binding made with multiple turmof
`small line. 2. The line used for seizings.
`seiz•or also sei·sor (se 'z:~r, -z6r') n. Law. One that takes seisin.
`sei·zure (se ' zh~r) n. 1. The act of seizing or the state of being seized.
`2. A sudden, often acute paroxysm, as an epileptic convulsion or heart
`attack. 3. A sudden subjective sensation.
`se•l a•chi•an (si-la'ke-:~n} adj.[< NLat. Selachi, order name < Gk.
`selal<he, pl. of selal<hos. a cartilaginous fish.] Of or belonging to the
`order Selachii or Squaliformes, which includes the sharks and rays.
`-n. A member of the Selachii or Squaliformes.
`se•l ag•i•nel•la (s:~-13j'~-n~l 1 ~} n. [NLat. Selaginella, genus name"
`Lat. selago, a plant resembling the savin.] A fernlike, usu. prostraJc
`plant of the genus Selaginella, having scalelike leaves and spores.
`se•lah (se' l:~, -Iii') n. [Heb. seltih.] A Hebrew word of unknown mean(cid:173)
`ing that often marks the end of a verse in the Psalms and' is tbough1
`to be a term indicating a pause or rest.
`sel·dom (sl!l' d:~m) adv. [ME selden < OE seldan.] Not often : RAI\1·
`LY. -ad;. Archaic. Infrequent : rare. -sel' dom•ness n.
`se•lect (si·l~kt ' } v. -lect-ed, -lect•ing, -lects. [Lat. seligm.
`select-: se-, apart+ Iegere, to choose.] -vt. To pick out from among
`several : cHoosE. -vi. To make a choice or selection. -adj. also ae(cid:173)
`lect.·ed (-l~k'tid}. 1. Singled out in preference : CHOSEN. 2. Of par(cid:173)
`ticular value or quality. -se-lect' n. - se-lect' ness n.
`se-lect-ee (sl-l!k'te ) n. One selected, esp. for military service.
`se•lec•tion (si·l~k'sh;~n) n. 1. a. The act of selecting or the fact of
`being selected. b. One selected. 2. A Carefully chosen collection. 3. A
`literary or musical text chosen for reading or performance. 4. Bioi. A
`process that favors or brings about the survival and perpetuation of one
`kind of organism in competition with others.
`Se•lec•tive (si-lC!k' dv) adj. 1. Of or marked by selection: DISCRJM·
`INATING. 2. Empowered or tending to select. 3. Electron. Capable of
`rejecting frequencies other than that selected or tuned. - se·lec1-
`tive·ly adv. - se•lec'tive•ness n.
`selective service n. A system for choosing individurus for com·
`pulsory military service.
`se•lec•tiv•i•ty (sl-IC!k' tiv' I-te, se'l~k-) n. 1. The quality or state of
`being selective. 2 .. Electron. The degree to which a receiver is selective.
`se•lect•man (si-ltkt' mlln', -m~n} n. One of a board of officers cho(cid:173)
`sen annually in most New England towns to manage local affairs.
`se·lec•tor (sr-l~k1 t:lr} n. One that selects.
`se·lect•wom•an (si-l!kt 'woom':~n) n. A woman who is one of a
`board of officers chosen annually in New England towns to manage
`local affairs.
`selen- pref. var. of SELENO·.
`sel•e•nate (stl' 3-nat') n. [SELEN(tc ACID) + -Ana.) A salt or ester of
`selenic acid.
`se·le·nic (s~·le'nik, -ll!n'lk) adj. Of or containing selenium.
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