Sen"ten*cer (?), n. One who pronounced a sentence or condemnation.
sen*ten"tial (?), a. 1. Comprising sentences; as, a sentential
translation. Abp. Newcome.
2. Of or pertaining to a sentence, or full period; as, a sentential
pause.
Sen*ten"tial*ly, adv. In a sentential manner.
Sen*ten"ti*a*rist (?), n. A sententiary. Barnas Sears (Life of Luther).
Sen*ten"ti*ary (?), n. [LL. sententiarius.] One who read lectures, or
commented, on the Sentences of Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris
(1159-1160), a school divine. R. Henry.
Sen*ten`ti*os"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being sententious.
[Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Sen*ten"tious (?), a.[L. sentenciosus: cf. F. sentencieux.] 1.
Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse
and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a sententious style or
discourse; sententious truth.
How he apes his sire, Ambitiously sententious!
Addison.
2. Comprising or representing sentences; sentential. [Obs.]
"Sententious marks." Grew.
--- Sen*ten"tious*ly, adv. -- Sen*ten"tious*ness, n.
Sen"ter*y (?), n. A sentry. [Obs.] Milton.
Sen"teur (?), n. [F.] Scent. [Obs.] Holland.
{ Sen"ti*ence (?), Sen"ti*en*cy (?), } n. [See Sentient, Sentence.] The
quality or state of being sentient; esp., the quality or state of
having sensation. G. H. Lewes
An example of harmonious action between the intelligence and the
sentieny of the mind.
Earle.
Sen"ti*ent (?), a. [L. sentiens, -entis, p. pr. of sentire to discern
or perceive by the senses. See Sense.] Having a faculty, or faculties,
of sensation and perception. Specif. (Physiol.), especially sensitive;
as, the sentient extremities of nerves, which terminate in the various
organs or tissues.
Sen"ti*ent, n. One who has the faculty of perception; a sentient being.
Sen"ti*ent*ly, adv. In a sentient or perceptive way.
Sen"ti*ment (?), n. [OE. sentement, OF. sentement, F. sentiment, fr. L.
sentire to perceive by the senses and mind, to feel, to think. See
Sentient, a.] 1. A thought prompted by passion or feeling; a state of
mind in view of some subject; feeling toward or respecting some person
or thing; disposition prompting to action or expression.
The word sentiment, agreeably to the use made of it by our best
English writers, expresses, in my own opinion very happily, those
complex determinations of the mind which result from the
coöperation of our rational powers and of our moral feelings.
Stewart.
Alike to council or the assembly came, With equal souls and
sentiments the same.
Pope.
2. Hence, generally, a decision of the mind formed by deliberation or
reasoning; thought; opinion; notion; judgment; as, to express one's
sentiments on a subject.
Sentiments of philosophers about the perception of external
objects.
Reid.
Sentiment, as here and elsewhere employed by Reid in the meaning of
opinion (sententia), is not to be imitated.
Sir W. Hamilton.
3. A sentence, or passage, considered as the expression of a thought; a
maxim; a saying; a toast.