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septimate

UK/ˈsɛptɪmeɪt/

septimate verb: submit (someone or something) to septimation; reduce by one seventh.

Verb

septimate (third-person singular simple present septimates, present participle septimating, simple past and past participle septimated)

  1. (transitive) Submit (someone or something) to septimation; reduce by one seventh.
    • We may ſay, without the leaſt hyperbole, nature ſeptimates; art centeſimates us.1755, The Monthly Review, or, Literary Journal, XIII, page 141
    • Arrange into sevens; septuplicate; septimate.1825, Robert Archibald Armstrong, “Seachdaich”, in A Gaelic Dictionary, in Two Parts, page 492

Noun

septimate (plural septimates)

  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.1876, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, CLXV:ii, page 418
    • At the end of this septimate of days he enters into the sabbath of his God.1942, Herbert Wallace Schneider, George Lawton, A Prophet and a Pilgrim, page 499

Adjective

septimate (not comparable)

  1. (rare) 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.1969, The American Literary Anthology, II, page 267

Forms of septimate

Verb
third-person singular presentseptimates
present participleseptimating
past participleseptimated
pastseptimated
Noun
pluralseptimates

Origin of septimate

Latin septimus (“seventh”) + English -ate, after decimate; compare septimation

Questions about septimate

What does septimate mean?
Septimate means submit (someone or something) to septimation; reduce by one seventh.
What part of speech is septimate?
Septimate can be a verb, a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce septimate?
Septimate is pronounced /ˈsɛptɪmeɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of septimate?
The past tense of septimate is septimated.

Words near septimate in the dictionary

  1. septillionth
  2. septillionths
  3. septimal
  4. septimanal
  5. Septimania
  6. septimate
  7. septimated
  8. septimates
  9. septimating
  10. septimation
  11. septimations

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