1. To pass or pronounce judgment upon; to doom; to condemn to punishment; to prescribe the punishment
of.
Nature herself is sentenced in your doom.
Dryden. 2. To decree or announce as a sentence. [Obs.] Shak.
3. To utter sententiously. [Obs.] Feltham.
Sentencer
(Sen"ten*cer) n. One who pronounced a sentence or condemnation.
sentential
(sen*ten"tial) a.
1. Comprising sentences; as, a sentential translation. Abp. Newcome.
2. Of or pertaining to a sentence, or full period; as, a sentential pause.
Sententially
(Sen*ten"tial*ly), adv. In a sentential manner.
Sententiarist
(Sen*ten"ti*a*rist) n. A sententiary. Barnas Sears
Sententiary
(Sen*ten"ti*ary) n. [LL. sententiarius.] One who read lectures, or commented, on the
Sentences of Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris a school divine. R. Henry.
Sententiosity
(Sen*ten`ti*os"i*ty) n. The quality or state of being sententious. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Sententious
(Sen*ten"tious) a.[L. sentenciosus: cf. F. sentencieux.]
1. Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as,
a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth.
How he apes his sire,
Ambitiously sententious!
Addison. 2. Comprising or representing sentences; sentential. [Obs.] "Sententious marks." Grew.
—- Sen*ten"tious*ly, adv. — Sen*ten"tious*ness, n.
Sentery
(Sen"ter*y) n. A sentry. [Obs.] Milton.
Senteur
(Sen"teur) n. [F.] Scent. [Obs.] Holland.
Sentience
(Sen"ti*ence Sen"ti*en*cy) n. [See Sentient, Sentence.] The quality or state of being sentient; esp.,
the quality or state of having sensation. G. H. Lewes
An example of harmonious action between the intelligence and the sentieny of the mind.
Earle. Sentient
(Sen"ti*ent) a. [L. sentiens, -entis, p. pr. of sentire to discern or perceive by the senses.
See Sense.] Having a faculty, or faculties, of sensation and perception. Specif. (Physiol.), especially
sensitive; as, the sentient extremities of nerves, which terminate in the various organs or tissues.
Sentient
(Sen"ti*ent), n. One who has the faculty of perception; a sentient being.
Sentiently
(Sen"ti*ent*ly), adv. In a sentient or perceptive way.
Sentiment
(Sen"ti*ment) n. [OE. sentement, OF. sentement, F. sentiment, fr. L. sentire to perceive
by the senses and mind, to feel, to think. See Sentient, a.]
