SEMPERVIRENT, sem-p[.e]r-v[=i]'rent, _adj._ evergreen. [L. _semper_,
always, _virens_--_vir[=e]re_, to be green.]
SEMPER VIVUM, sem'p[.e]r v[=i]'vum, _n._ a genus of polypetalous plants,
including the house-leek. [L.]
SEMPITERNAL, sem-pi-t[.e]r'nal, _adj._ everlasting: endless--also
SEMP'ITERN.--_v.t._ SEMPITER'NISE, to perpetuate.--_n._
SEMPITER'NITY.--_adj._ SEMPITER'NOUS.--_n._ SEMPITER'NUM, a durable twilled
woollen material. [L. _sempiternus_--_semper_, ever, _æternus_, eternal.]
SEMPLE, sem'pl, _adj._ a Scotch form of simple, esp. meaning of low birth,
the opposite of _Gentle_.
SEMPLICE, sem'pl[=e]-che, _adj._ (_mus._) simple, without embellishments.
[It.]
SEMPRE, sem'pre, _adv._ (_mus._) in the same style throughout. [It.,--L.
_semper_, always.]
SEMPSTER, sem'st[.e]r, SEMPSTRESS, sem'stres, _n._ a woman who sews.
[_Seamstress_.]
SEMUNCIA, s[=e]-mun'shi-a, _n._ a Roman coin of four drachmas weight, the
twenty-fourth part of the Roman pound.--_adj._ SEMUN'CIAL.
SEN., s[=e]n, an abbreviation of _Senior_.
SEN, sen, _n._ a Japanese copper coin the hundredth part of a yen or
dollar.