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S — Select to Serenely (Part 3 of 11)

Seller, n. Vender.

Selvage, Selvedge, n. List, strip of cloth (forming an edge).

Semaphore, n. Telegraph.

Semblance, n.

    1. Likeness, resemblance, similarity.
    2. Show, appearance, seeming, figure, form, exterior, air, mien, aspect, bearing.
    3. Likeness, image, similitude, representation.

Semen, n. [L.] Sperm, seed.

Semi, n. [L.] [Used as a prefix.] Half.

Semi-annual, a. Half-yearly.

Semi-barbarian, a. See Semi-barbarous.

Semi-barbarous, a. Half-civilized, semi-barbarian, semi-savage, half-barbarous, semi-barbaric.

Semi-diameter, n. Radius.

Seminal, a. Germinal, original, rudimental, radical.

Seminary, n. School, academy, high-school, institute, gymnasium, college, university, place of education.

Semi-savage, a. Semi-barbarous, half-civilized, semi-barbarian.

Semi-transparent, a. Translucent, imperfectly transparent.

Sempiternal, a. Everlasting, endless, perpetual, ever-during, unending, eternal.

Sempstress, n. Seamstress, needle-woman.

Send, v. a.

    1. Throw, hurl, cast, fling, impel, propel, emit, project, toss, launch, lance, jaculate.
    2. Despatch, delegate, depute, send forth, send out.
    3. Transmit, forward.
    4. Give, bestow, grant, confer.
    5. Commission, authorize.