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Show S ErN SE fures, {ike thofe who were changed into brutes b Eyes are vocal, tears have fongues Circe Pope In $e'NsvaLLy. adv. [from fenfual fenfual manner 8e'nsvous. adj. [from fenfe.] Tender Not in ufe pathetic ; full of paflion To this poetry would be made precedent, as bein lefs fubtile and fine; but more fimple, fenfuous Miton and paffionate The participle paflive of /end SenT I make a decree that all Ifrael go with thee forafmuch as thou art fent of the king Ezra, viie 14 SE'NTENCE #. / [ fentence, Fr. fenten ¢a, Lat. 1. Determination or decifion, as of a judg civil or criminal The rule of voluntary agents on earth is the fenzence that reafon giveth, concerning the goodnef of thofe things which they are to do Hooker If we hav neither voic fro heaven, that f pronounceth of them, neither femtence of me grounded upon fuch manifeft and clear proof, tha they, in whofe hands it is to alter them, may likewife infallibly, even in heart and confcience, judg them fo; upon neceffity to urge alteration, is t trouble and difturb without neceflity Hooker How will I give fentence againft them Feremiaby iv, 12 If matter of fa& breaks out with too great a evidence to be denied, why, ftill there are othe lenitives, that friendfhip will apply, before it wil be brought to the decretory rigours of a condemning fentence South's Sermons Letchi fet out fom of Luther' works tha by thém we may pafs [entence upon his doétrines Atterbury 2. It is ufually fpoken of condemnatio pranounced by the judge; doom By the confent of all laws, in capital caufes, th evidence muft be full and clear and if fo, wher on wha man's a war lif whic i i queftion fa w t is ever the femtence of death upo many Bacon's Holy War What refts but that the mortal fentence pafs Milton 3 A maxim an axiom, generally moral A fentence may be defined a moral inftruétio couched in a few words Broome's Notes on Ody/Jey 4« A fhort paragraph; a period in writing An excellent {pirit, knowledge, underftanding and fhewing of hard fentenceswere found in Daniel Dan. v. 12 9o SE'NTENCE. . a. [ fentencier, Fr. fro the noun. 1. To pafs the laft judgment on any one After this cold confid'rance, fentence me And, as you are a king, fpeak in your Rate What I have done that mifbecame my place Shake[peare Came the mild judge and interceffor bot To fentence man Milton 2. 'To condemn ; to doo to punifhment Could that decree from our brother come Nature herfelf is fentenc'd in your doom Piety is-no more Dryden Xdlenefs, fentenced by the decurions, was punifthed by fo.many ftripes Temple SENTENTIOSITY. 2. [ [from fententious.] Comprehenfion in.a fentence Vulgar precepts in morality carry with them nothing above the line, or beyond the extemporar fententiofity of common conceits with us Brown's Vulgar Errours SENTE'NTIOUS from fentence. adj [ fentencienx Fr ». Abounding with fentences, axioms, an maxims, fhort and energetick He s very {wift and fententious Shakefpeare's As you like i Sententious thowers! O let them fall Crafbaw Their cadence is rhetorical Eloquence, with all her pomp and charms Onr fentinels betray our foyts, Yo ol The fenfes are fituateq i the #els in a watchtower, to r adraifi?; ceive 4n the foul the impreflion s of e tern Waller Foretold #s ufeful and femtentions tvuths How he apes his fire Addifon's Cato Ambitioufly fententious Perhaps the had fentinels w:l{ :';{kv:hql,m flept ; but even t is would be unfoldie lik:tc 2. Comprifing fentences The making of figures being tedious, and requiring much room, put men firft upon contracting them, as by the moft ancient Egyptian monuments it appears they did : next, inftead of fen SE‘NTRY. 7, A£ [ ted, T be Jentinel. 1. A watch; a fen tinel ; one whowatche n a garrifon, or t keep then: fro tentions markas, to think of verbal, fuch as the ChiGrew's Cofmologia nefe ftill retain SENTE'NTIOUSLY. adv. [from fententious.] In fhort fentences ; with firikin brevity furprize If 1 do fend, difyate Bacon's EfJays give it more weight Broome Naufica For a fhort holding And fet their j_éntn‘es to the utmoft deep‘b, One goofe they had, *twas all they could gi: A wakeful fentry, and on duty now D,]J: Thou, whofe nature cannot {leep O'er my flumbers Jentry keep eep Forms terriPle to view, their fentry keep. Dy Dryden SEPARABI LITY. 7, ./Z' [from Jeparab The quality of admitting difunion ¢ Se'~TERY. 7 /0 [This is commonly written fentry, corrupted from fentinel.] On who is fet to watch in a garrifon, or i the outlines of an army tin&ion 1. Sufceptive of difunion ; difcerptible The infufions an not only their nutritious but medxcma{lfl %ua;muuthren | into the blood 2. Poffible to be disjoined from fome-J thing: with from with Expanfion and duration have this farthier agiet ment, that tho' they are both confidered byusisj having parts, yet their parts are not fegarabl{f:: from another Glanville's Scepfis [ r / mfipm 7 SE'PARABLENESS Capablenefs of being feparated. Trials permit me not to doubt of the f'?"; The confideration of the reafon why they ar annexed to {o many other ideds, ferving to give u Ty SE'PARATE parer, Fr. Jentio, Lat. Fr w.a. [/eparo 13 Pope 1'1l to England ~To Ireland, }{ g lou;" {}'pamt?‘b Z;};nifltm fa t th bo u k e Shal Refolv'd mor Im de th a g Rather than death,o Shall feparate us 3 fro To fever from thg reft Ca One who watches or keep woul guard to prevent furprize a body be inflammavie o puzzle a chymift to Jepardté ble ingredient ¥'fin no power can- {cgarm Defth fro Miliw Norfolk, hie thee to thy charge Ufe careful watch, chufe trufty fentinels 4+ Fo fet apart ; t0 1eg"g§ o, for th Skakefpeare's Richard 111 Separate me Barpabas and S T D Counfellors are not commonly fo united, bu whereunto T have called tl}em:ce fer th that one counfellor keepeth fentinel over another t jc ar ta . Davi fo that if any do counfel out of fa&ion or private §. prophefy eads, it commonly comes to the king's ear §: Fo withdraw v if flfou wi Bacon's Effays fl; f o t y e Scparat Firft, the two eyes, which have the feeing pow'r, { go to the righ wi le t th Stand as one watchman, {py, or fentinel E. ¥ Being plac'd aloft, within the head's high tow'r 1 L pa tsi t d v d t b e 1. T 2. 'To difunite ; to dlsjdom Locke 2. 'The fenfe confidered diftinétly from th language or things; a ftriking fentenc in a compofition [ fentinelle T j nefs of a yellow tinéture from gold due fentiments of the wifdom and goodnefs of th fovereign Difpofer of all things, may not be un n. deceions of plants cont the moft feparable parts of the plants, and cone the body whofe motion it would obferve, fuppoiing it regular, the remove is infenfible Se'NTINEBL bilis, Lat. from feparate. SE'NTIENT. 2 / [from the adjetive. He that has perception Thofg who could no longer defend the condu Denauis of Cato, praifed the featiments Fr. f SE'PARABLE. adj. [ feparable, Fr. feja This a&ing of the fentient phantafy is performed by a prefence of fenfe, as the horfe is under the fenfe of hunger, and that, without any formal § Hale. fyllogifm, preffeth him to eat fuitable to the main end of thefe enquiries Alike to council or th' affembly came With equal fouls and fentiments the fame Glawvills: in.u:-.'flo.\' The greateft argument of real diftinétion Jeparability, and a@ual feparation; for nothin¢ Norr be feparated from itfelf Per- 1. Theught ; notion ; opinion. Tie e of Separability is the greateft argument of realdi Through the ftri& fenteries, and ftations thic Milton Of angels watching round SE'NTIMENT. 7. /. [ fentiment, Fr. difcerption What ftrength, what art, can the Suffice, or what evafion bear him faf carried, paffibus @quisy Here I;:oils and death, and death's half-brothe tentioufnefs of it, which he himfelf concludes to b If the fentient b Guard me gainft thofe watchful foes ‘Whofe eyes are open while mine clofe, Broy I efteem for the gravity and fen SE'NTIENT. adj. [ fentiens, Latin. ceiving; having perception watch; the duty of "@ntry,' ( 2. Guard SENTE'NTIOUSNESS. #. /. [from Jententious.] Pithinefs of fentences ; brevit with ftrength fuitable to a tragedy Shakefpears's Coriep',; The youth of hell fri€ guard may k delivers her judgment fententioufly, t The Mede Thofe fentrics to our aid'; thg reft will for They defcribe her in part finely and elegantly and in part gravely and fententioufly: they fay look how many feathers fhe hath, fo many eye fhe hath underneath ] obje&s.w § And though both fee, yet both but one shing tell. Daviess SE'PARA ifunited dlvyhe 2 |