septimate

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɛptɪmeɪt/|/ˈsɛptɪmət/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
动词 v.
  1. Submit (someone or something) to septimation; reduce by one seventh. transitive
    — We may ſay, without the leaſt hyperbole, nature ſeptimates; art centeſimates us.
形容词 adj.
  1. In groups of seven. not-comparable,rare
    — 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.

词形变化

septimates present,singular,third-person septimating participle,present septimated participle,past septimated past septimates plural

词源

词源 1
Latin septimus (“seventh”) + English -ate, after decimate; compare septimation
词源 2
Latin septimus (“seventh”) + English -ate, after decimate; compare septimation
词源 3
Latin septimus (“seventh”) + English -ate, after decimate; compare septimation
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