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- English Word Sess Definition A tax; an assessment. See Cess.
- English Word Sessa Definition Hurry; run.
- English Word Sessile Definition Attached without any sensible projecting support.
- English Word Sessile Definition Resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom.
- English Word Sessile Definition Permanently attached; -- said of the gonophores of certain hydroids which never became detached.
- English Word Sessile-eyed Definition Having eyes which are not elevated on a stalk; -- opposed to stalk-eyed.
- English Word Session Definition The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.
- English Word Session Definition The actual sitting of a court, council, legislature, etc., or the actual assembly of the members of such a body, for the transaction of business.
- English Word Session Definition Hence, also, the time, period, or term during which a court, council, legislature, etc., meets daily for business; or, the space of time between the first meeting and the prorogation or adjournment; thus, a session of Parliaments is opened with a speech from the throne, and closed by prorogation. The session of a judicial court is called a term.
- English Word Sessional Definition Of or pertaining to a session or sessions.
- English Word Sesspool Definition Same as Cesspool.
- English Word Sesterce Definition A Roman coin or denomination of money, in value the fourth part of a denarius, and originally containing two asses and a half, afterward four asses, -- equal to about two pence sterling, or four cents.
- English Word Sestet Definition A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet; -- called also sestuor.
- English Word Sestet Definition The last six lines of a sonnet.
- English Word Sestetto Definition A sestet.
- English Word Sestine Definition See Sextain.
- English Word Sestuor Definition A sestet.
- English Word Set Definition of Set
- English Word Set Definition To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom or on end.
- English Word Set Definition Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- English Word Set Definition To make to assume specified place, condition, or occupation; to put in a certain condition or state (described by the accompanying words); to cause to be.
- English Word Set Definition To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to.
- English Word Set Definition To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud.
- English Word Set Definition To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance.
- English Word Set Definition To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant; as, to set pear trees in an orchard.
- English Word Set Definition To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass in a sash.
- English Word Set Definition To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese.
- English Word Set Definition To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate; to adapt.
- English Word Set Definition To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare; as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.
- English Word Set Definition To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship.