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es, characterized by the presence of spermatozoids to which it owes its generative power. Semen contra, or Semen cinæ or cynæ, a strong aromatic, bitter drug, imported from Aleppo and Barbary, said to consist of the leaves, peduncles, and unexpanded flowers of various species of Artemisia; wormseed.…

Seminiferous.

The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of being abased or humbled; humiliation.

Abortment; abortion. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Accusation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The act of informing or notifying; notification. [Archaic] An advertisement of danger. Bp. Burnet.

Counsel; advise; information. [Archaic] And mused awhile, waking advisement takes of what had passed in sleep. Daniel.

The act of making free; enfranchisement. [R.]

Same as Amortize, Amortization, etc.

Deep thought; muse. [Obs.] Here I . . . fell into a strong and deep amusement, revolving in my mind, with great perplexity, the amazing change of our affairs. Fleetwood.

The act of appeasing, or the state of being appeased; pacification. Hayward.

The act of setting the value; valuation by an appraiser; estimation of worth.

A subdivision of a department. [France]

Advisement; observation; deliberation. [Obs.]

substructure. ( See Base, n., 3 (a).) Hence: The rooms of a ground floor, collectively. Basement membrane (Anat.), a delicate membrane composed of a single layer of flat cells, forming the substratum upon which, in many organs, the epithelioid cells are disposed.

Complete overthrow; disorder; a turning upside down.

ixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window. A casement of the great chamber window. Shak.

Having a casement or casements.

ine; punishment. Shall I so much dishonor my fair stars, On equal terms to give him chastesement! Shak. I have borne chastisement; I will not offend any more. Job xxxiv. 31.

The act of debasing or the state of being debased. Milton.