Se*pose" (?), v. t. [L. pref se- aside + E. pose.] To set apart. [Obs.]
Donne.
Se*pos"it (?), v. t. [L. sepositus, p. p. of seponere to set aside.] To
set aside; to give up. [Obs.]
Sep`o*si"tion (&?;), n. [L. sepositio.] The act of setting aside, or of
giving up. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
Se"poy (?), n. [Per. siph, fr. siph an army. Cf. Spahi.] A native of
India employed as a soldier in the service of a European power, esp. of
Great Britain; an Oriental soldier disciplined in the European manner.
||Sep*pu"ku (?), n. Same as Hara-kiri.
Seppuku, or hara-kiri, also came into vogue.
W. E. Griffis.
Sep"sin (?), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?; putrefaction.] (Physiol. Chem.) A
soluble poison (ptomaine) present in putrid blood. It is also formed in
the putrefaction of proteid matter in general.
||Sep"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?; putrefaction.] (Med.) The
||poisoning of the system by the introduction of putrescent material
||into the blood.
Sept (?), n. [A corruption of sect, n.] A clan, tribe, or family,
proceeding from a common progenitor; -- used especially of the ancient
clans in Ireland.
The chief, struck by the illustration, asked at once to be
baptized, and all his sept followed his example.
S. Lover.
||Sep*tæ"mi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?; putrid + &?;&?;&?;
||blood.] (Med.) Septicæmia.
Sep"tal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a septum or septa, as of a coral or
a shell.