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wise. Now a sensible man, by and by a fool. Shak. Sensible note or tone (Mus.), the major seventh note of any scale; -- so called because, being but a half step below the octave, or key tone, and naturally leading up to that, it makes the ear sensible of its approaching sound. Called also the leading tone. -- Sensible…

A figure which has seven angles; a heptagon. [R.]

Flowing sevenfold; divided into seven streams or currents. [R.] Fuller.

Divided nearly to the base into seven parts; as, a septempartite leaf.

One of a board of seven men associated in some office.

Consisting of, or relating to, seven; as, a septenary number. I. Watts.

Having parts in sevens; heptamerous.

A period of seven years; as, the septennate during which the President of the French Republic holds office.

Lasting or continuing seven years; as, septennial parliaments.

Once in seven years.

A set of seven persons or objects; as, a septet of singers.

An ornamental foliation having seven lobes. Cf. Cinquefoil, Quarterfoil, and Trefoil.

A combining form meaning seven; as, septifolious, seven-leaved; septi-lateral, seven-sided.

Of the seventh degree or order. -- n. (Alg.)

Turned in seven different ways.

Flowing in seven streams; septemfluous.

Having seven leaves.

Having seven sides; as, a septilateral figure.

A group of seven notes to be played in the time of four or six.

Consisting of seven islands; as, the septinsular republic of the Ionian Isles.