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Traditional English :: septum
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septum.html - n. (pl. septa) Anat., Bot., & Zool. a partition such as that between the nostrils or the chambers of a poppy-fruit or of a shell. [L s(a)eptum f. saepire saept- enclose f. saepes hedge] |
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Traditional English :: septuagenarian
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septum.html - n. & adj. --n. a person from 70 to 79 years old. --adj. of this age. [L septuagenarius f. septuageni distributive of septuaginta seventy] |
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Traditional English :: Septuagesima
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septum.html - n. (in full Septuagesima Sunday) the Sunday before Sexagesima. [ME f. L, = seventieth (day), formed as SEPTUAGINT, perh. after QUINQUAGESIMA or with ref. to the period of 70 days from Septuagesima to the Saturday after Easter] |
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Traditional English :: Septuagint
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septum.html - n. a Greek version of the Old Testament including the Apocrypha, said to have been made about 270 BC by seventy-two translators. [L septuaginta seventy] |
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Traditional English :: septum
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septum.html - n. (pl. septa) Anat., Bot., & Zool. a partition such as that between the nostrils or the chambers of a poppy-fruit or of a shell. [L s(a)eptum f. saepire saept- enclose f. saepes hedge] |
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Traditional English :: septuple
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septum.html - adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 sevenfold, having seven parts.
2 being seven times as many or as much. --n. a sevenfold number or amount. --v.tr. & intr. multiply by seven. [LL septuplus f. L septem seven] |
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