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septimate
/ˈsɛptɪmeɪt/
verb 1noun 1adj 1
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3VERB + SEPTIMATE
end, septuplicate, sevens
SEPTIMATE + NOUN
days
PREP.
into
Definitions
verb
1
Submit (someone or something) to septimation; reduce by one seventh.
We may ſay, without the leaſt hyperbole, nature ſeptimates; art centeſimates us.
Arrange into sevens; septuplicate; septimate.
noun
1
A group of seven.
In the 744 septimates of January there are only seven in which all the W and S are positive; in the 720 of June there are none.
At the end of this septimate of days he enters into the sabbath of his God.
adj
1
In groups of seven.
She let her hands sink down…into the beginning of Partita VI, letting its curious seven-headed rhythm ring out, one after another, like amethysts on a chain. She played the fugue with marked sadness, and then brought back the septimate chords to enclose it.
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We may ſay, without the leaſt hyperbole, nature ſeptimates; art centeſimates us.
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Arrange into sevens; septuplicate; septimate.
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That regulation which is usually called the seventh or huftum…conveys to the Bengali rayat the same uncomfortable impression, which is usually connected with the idea of being ‘quartered’ or ‘decimate
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In the 744 septimates of January there are only seven in which all the W and S are positive; in the 720 of June there are none.
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At the end of this septimate of days he enters into the sabbath of his God.
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She let her hands sink down…into the beginning of Partita VI, letting its curious seven-headed rhythm ring out, one after another, like amethysts on a chain. She played the fugue with marked sadness,
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