Meaning

(transitive) Submit (someone or something) to septimation; reduce by one seventh..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) Submit (someone or something) to septimation; reduce by one seventh.
2. A group of seven.
3. (rare) In groups of seven.

Example Sentences

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 ‘decimated.’ When he sees that he is about to be ‘septimated,’ he makes every effort in his power to escape from his fate by flight, thereby risking the loss of all he possesses in the world.

We may ſay, without the leaſt hyperbole, nature ſeptimates; art centeſimates us.

Arrange into sevens; septuplicate; septimate.

It was during the cold spell of 1935 that influenza and other forms of sickness “septimated” the labour supply for the mines of Southern Rhodesia.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• septimates
• septimating
• septimated

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When Should You Use Septimate?

Use septimate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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