n. Opposition to, or hatred of, Semites, esp. Jews. The word is sometimes also applied to acts motivated by or evincing antisemitism. --
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; priv. + &unr_; sign. ] (Med.) Loss of power to express, or to understand, symbols or signs of thought. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. (Mus.) A short note, equal in time to the half of a semiquaver, or the thirty-second part of a whole note. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. & i.
A nearly uniform and constant fire or heat disseminated throughout the body of the earth. Woodward.
p. a. (Min.) Occurring in small portions scattered through some other substance; scattered widely. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. serving to diffuse, disseminate, or disperse.
n. [ L. disseminatio: cf. F. dissémination. ] The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
The universal dissemination of those writings. Wayland. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Tending to disseminate, or to become disseminated. [ 1913 Webster ]
The effect of heresy is, like the plague, infectious and disseminative. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. ] One who, or that which, disseminates, spreads, or propagates;
a. Gelseminic. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens), as a bitter white semicrystalline substance; -- called also
n. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens);
‖n. [ NL., fr. It. gelsomino jasmine. ]
n. [ Hemi- + demi-semiquaver. ] (Mus.) A short note, equal to one fourth of a semiquaver, or the sixty-fourth part of a whole note. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.)
v. t. [ L. inseminatus, p. p. of inseminare to sow. See Seminate. ]
adj. same as fertilized, 1.
n. A sowing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. interseminatus, p. p. of interseminare. See Inter-, and Seminate. ] To sow between or among. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A seminary which prepares pupils for a higher institution. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. proseminare, proseminatum, to disseminate. ] Propagation by seed. [ Obs. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. pref. re- again + seminatus, p. p. of seminare to sow. ] To produce again by means of seed. [ Obs. ] Sir. T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ L. semi; akin to Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, Skr. sāmi-, AS. sām-, and prob. to E. same, from the division into two parts of the same size. Cf. Hemi-, Sandelend. ] A prefix signifying half, and sometimes partly or imperfectly;
☞ The prefix semi is joined to another word either with the hyphen or without it. In this book the hyphen is omitted except before a capital letter; as, semiacid, semiaquatic, semi-Arian, semiaxis, semicalcareous. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Slightly acid; subacid. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Half acidified. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Adherent part way. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Bot.) Partially amplexicaul; embracing the stem half round, as a leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Geom.) The half of a given, or measuring, angle. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Half-yearly. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Every half year. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having the figure of a half circle; forming a semicircle. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Arian. ] (Eccl. Hist.) A member of a branch of the Arians which did not acknowledge the Son to be consubstantial with the Father, that is, of the same substance, but admitted him to be of a like substance with the Father, not by nature, but by a peculiar privilege. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to Semi-Arianism. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The doctrines or tenets of the Semi-Arians. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Geom.) One half of the axis of an &unr_;llipse or other figure. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Half barbarous; partially civilized. --
a. Half barbarous or uncivilized;
n. The quality or state of being half barbarous or uncivilized. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Half barbarous. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Pref. semi- + breve: cf. F. semi-breve, It. semibreve. ]
n. (Mus.) A semibreve. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (R.C.Ch.) A bull issued by a pope in the period between his election and coronation. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Half or partially calcareous;
a. Half calcined;
v. t. To deprive of one testicle. --
a. Of or pertaining to half of a century, or a period of fifty years;
n. A fiftieth anniversary. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Partially chaotic. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Mus.) A half chorus; a passage to be sung by a selected portion of the voices, as the female voices only, in contrast with the full choir. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Half Christianized. [ 1913 Webster ]