sen 
5489 
two-sen copper pieces and five-, ten-, twenty-, senator (sen'a-tor), n [< ME. senatour, MM*. 
and fifty-sen silver pieces are in circulation. tur. < OF. senatour, F.sfHiitwr = Sp. Pg. sio- 
and fifty-sen 
sen. 3 or Sen. :! 
pieces 
An abbreviation of senior. 
senal (sc-uyal'), w. [Sp., a mark, landmark. = 
K. .viV/iirt/: see xiiiniil.] In parts of the United 
States acquired from Mexico, a landmark. 
senarius (se-na'ri-us), ; pi. senarii (-i). [L., 
sc. i-crxiiH, a verse of six feet: see senary."] In 
I.nt. i>ri>s., a verse of six feet; especially, an 
iambic, trimeter. 
senarmontite (se-niir'mont-it), . [Named 
after H. H. do Senarmont (1808-62), a French 
mineralogist and physicist.] Native antimony 
trioxid (Sb 2 O 3 ), occurring in isometric octahe- 
drons, also massive : it is colorless or grayish, 
of a resinous to subadamantine luster. 
dor = It. senatore = D. G. Sw. Dan. senator, < 
L. senator, a senator, < senex (sen-), old, an old 
man: see senate.] 1. A member of a senate. 
(See senate, I.) In Scotland the lords of session 
are called senators of the College of Justice. 
But God wot, quod this senataur also, 
So vertuous a lyvere in my lyf 
"chamer, Man of Law's Tale, 1. 926. 
The tyrant custom, most grave senators, 
Hath made the flinty and steel couch of war 
Sly thrice-driven bed of down. 
Shalt., Othello, i. 3. 230. 
2. In old Eng. law, a member of the king's coun- 
cil; a king's councilor. Bnrrill. 
senary (sen'a-ri), o. [= F. nenaire = Sp. Pg. senatorial (sen-a-to'ri-al), a. [= F . senatorial 
It. xenario, <"L. senarius, consisting of six each, *- > ' '-- >-*"*- 
< seni, six each, < sex = E. six: see six.] Of 
six ; belonging to six ; containing six. Bailey. 
senate (sen'at), n. [< ME. senat, < OF. senat, 
also sene, F. 'senat = Pr. senet = Sp. Pg. senado 
= It. senato = D. senaat = G. Dan. Sw. senat, < 
L. senatus, council of elders, a senate, < senex 
(sen-), old, an old man (eompar.. senior, old- 
er; senium, old age), = Skt. sana = Gr. evof, old, 
= Goth, sineigs, old (superl. sinista, eldest), 
= Lith. senas = W. hen = Ir. Gael, scan, old. 
= D. senatorial; as <"L. senatorius, pertain- 
ing to a senator (< senator, a senator: see sena- 
tor), + -al."] 1. Of or pertaining to a senate 
or senators; appropriate to a senator; consist- 
ing of senators : as, a senatorial robe ; senatorial 
eloquence. 
Go on, brave youths, till in some future age 
Whips shall become the senatorial badge. 
T. Warton, Newmarket (1751). 
2 [caw.] Entitled to elect a Senator: as, a 
_____________ ______ Senatorial district, [U. 8.] 3. Controlled by 
From the same L. adj. senex (sen-) are ult. E. a sen ate. [Rare.] 
senile, senior, sigiior, seignior, etc., sir, sire, sir- The other |Roman) provinces, however, remained sena- 
rah, etc. ; and the same element exists in sene- tonal, their affairs directed by the Senate's decrees, their 
sclial q. v.] 1. An assembly or council of citi- pro-consuls or proprietors appointed by the Senate, as of 
zens invested with a share in the government of 
"id- 
ion < state > 
state. Especially -(a) In ancient Rome, a body of senatorially (sen-a-to'n-al-i), adv. In a sena- 
- 
torial manner; in'a way appropriate to or be- 
coming a senator; with dignity or solemnity. 
The mother was cheerful ; the father senatorial^ grave. 
A. Drummond, Travels, p. 17. 
enatorian (sen-a-to'ri-an), a. [= F. senato- 
rien; as L. senatorius, pertaining to a senator: 
see senator."] Same as senatorial. 
Propose your schemes, ye senatorian band, 
Whose ways and means support the sinking land. 
Johnson, Imit. of Third Satire of Juvenal. 
[< L. senato- 
senator, a sena- 
Imp. Diet. 
....J undersubsequenrempe"rorl "(6)Theupper"o7- senatorship (sen'a-tor-ship), . [< senator + 
less numerous branch of a legislature in various countries, -ship .] The office or dignity of a senator, 
as in France, Italy, the United States, and in all the sepa- sena torvt (sen'a-to-ri), n. f < ML. 'senatorium, 
rate States of the Union. The Senate of the United States ,*;. U^f! ^f-Lr 
consists of two senators from each State, and numbers (in 
1891) 88 members. A senator must be at least thirty years 
of age, nine years a citizen of the country, and a resident 
citizens appointed or elected from among the patricians, 
and later from among rich plebeians also, or taking seats 
by virtue of holding or of having held certain high offices 
of state Originally the senate had supreme authority in 
religious matters, much legislative and judicial power, 
the management of foreign affairs, etc. At the close of 
the republic, however, and under the empire, the author- 
ity of the senate was little more than nominal apart from 
certain administrative functions, chiefly fiscal, and from its 
sittings as a high court of justice and as an appellate tri- 
bunal. The original senate of the patricians numbered 
100 ; after the adjunction of the tribes Titles or Sabines 
and Luceres, the number became 300, and remained at 
a place of meeting of senators, neut. of L. sena- 
torius, of senators : see senatorial."] A senate. 
As for the commens vniuersally, 
And a greate parte of the senator y 
Were of the same intencion. 
Soy and Barlow, Rede me and be nott Wrothe, p. 40. 
[(Davies.) 
Senate has power to confirm or reject nominations and trea- ,--/i\ I-T JTA 
ties made by the President, and also tries impeachments. senatUS (se-na'tus), w. [L.: see senate.] A sen- 
The vice-president of the United States is the president of a t e . a l so a governing body in certain umversi- 
the Senate ; in his absence a senator is chosen president 
pro tempore. The upper house of the Canadian Parliament 
is also called the Senate ; its 80 members are appointed 
by the crown for life. Hence (c) In general, a legislative 
body ; a state council ; the legislative department of a 
of the State from which he is chosen. Senators are elected 
by the State legislatures, and sit for six years, but the terms 
of office are so arranged that one third of the members retire 
every two years. In addition to its legislative functions, the 
government. 
I am with-owte deffence dampned to proscripcion and 
to the deth for the studio and bowntes that I haue doon 
to the eenat. Chaucer, Boethius(ed. Furnivall), i. prose 4. 
ties. Senatua acaclemicus, one of the governing bod- 
ies in Sc5tch universities, consisting of the principal and 
professors, and charged with the superintendence and 
regulation of discipline, the administration of the univer- 
sity property and revenues (subject to the control and 
review of the university court), and the conferring of de 
grees through the chancellor or vice-chancellor. Sena- 
tus consiiltum, a decree of the ancient Roman senate, 
pronounced on some question or point of law. 
2. In an extended use. a body of venerable or senatUSCOnsult (se-na'tus-kon-sulf), n.^ [< L. 
distinguished persons. 
There sate on many a sapphire throne 
The great who had departed from mankind, 
A mighty senate. Shelley, Revolt of Islam, i. 54. 
3. (a) The governing body of the University 
of Cambridge, and of some other institutions 
of learning. 
The legislative body of the University is called the Sen- 
ate, and the place in which it assembles is called the 
lors of Divinity, and Masters of Arts, Law, and Surgery, 
having their names upon the University Register, have sencelesSt, 
votes in this assembly. qpnrht V t \ 
Cambridge University Calendar for 1889, p. 1. Sl 
(6) In certain American colleges, where the 
senatusconsultmn, prop, two words, senatus con- 
sultum, a decree of the senate: senatus, gen. of 
senatus, senate (see senate); consnltum, a de- 
cree : see consult, n."] A senatus consultum. 
It was the senatusconsults that were the principal statu- 
tory factors of what was called by both emperors aud ju- 
rists the jus novum. Encyc. Brit., XX. 704. 
sence 1 , adv., prep., and conj. An obsolete or 
dialectal form of since. 
sence 2 t. An obsolete spelling of sense* and of 
sense 2 . 
An obsolete form of senseless. 
ME. sene,ken,< AS.sencan, cause 
of sincan, sink: see sink."] To 
cause to sink. 
send 
the noun, AS. sand, etc., a sending, message, 
embassy: seesnnrf 2 ), causal of AS. as if *niti<ltin 
= Goth', 'xiiitliiiii (pret. mintli), go, travel, = 
OHG. sinnan (for *xindan), MH(i. siiinen, go, 
go forth, G. sinnen (pret. sann), go over in the 
mind, review, reflect upon (cf. L. scntirc, feel, 
perceive: se&scent, scntient,sense^); hence Goth. 
sinth, a time, = AS. sith (for *sintli), ME. ,illi<; 
a journey, time: see sitlie 2 . Cf. OLith. suntw, 
I send.] ' I. trans. 1. To cause to go or pass 
from one place to another; despatch: as, to 
snut a messenger. 
The Citizens finding him [Jack Cade] to grow every Day 
more insolent than other, they sent to the Lord Scales for 
Assistance, who sendeth Matthew Gout, an old Soldier, to 
them, with some Forces and Furniture out of the Tower. 
Baker, Chronicles, p. 191. 
God . . . 
Thither will send his winged messengers 
On errands of supernal grace. 
Milton, P. L., vil. 572. 
2. To procure the going, carrying, transmis- 
sion, etc., of; cause to be conveyed or trans- 
mitted ; forward : as, to send one's compliments 
or a present; to send tidings. 
And he wrote in King Ahasuerus' name, . . . and sent 
letters by posts on horseback. Esther vlii. 10. 
Dr. M - sent him [Moliere] word he would come to him 
upon two conditions. Lister, Journey to Paris, p. 173. 
To your prayer she sends you this reply. 
M. Ariutld, Balder Dead. 
3. To impel; propel; throw; east; hurl: as, 
a gun that sends a ball 2,000 yards. 
In his right hand he held a trembling dart, 
Whose fellow he before had sent apart. 
Spenser, F. Q., VI. ii. 6. 
There is a physical excitation or disturbance which is 
sent along two different nerves, and which produces two 
different disturbances in the brain. 
W. K. Cli/ord, Lectures, II. 41. 
4. To direct to go and act; appoint; authorize. 
I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran. 
Jer. xxiii. 21. 
5. To cause to come; dispense; deal out; 
bestow ; inflict. 
God send them more knowledge and charity. 
J. Bradford, Works (Parker Soc., 1853), II. 343. 
He sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 
Mat. v. 45. 
Great numbers regard diseases as things that come arbi- 
trarily, or are sent by Divine Providence as judgments or 
punishments for sins. 
Huxley and Yowmans, Physiol., 369. 
6. To cause to be ; grant. [Obs. or archaic.] 
God tend him well ! Shak., All's Well, i. 1. 190. 
Send her victorious, 
Happy and Glorious. 
H. Carey, God save the Queen. 
God keep you all, Gentlemen ; and send you meet, this 
day, with another Bitch-otter. 
I. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 61. 
7. To turn ; drive. 
He had married a worthless girl, who robbed him of all 
he possessed, and then ran away ; this sent him mad, and 
he soon afterwards died. 
J. Ashton, Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, II. 46. 
8. To cause to go forward doing an act in- 
dicated by a verb in the present participle : as, 
to send one packing. 
His son . . . flung him out into the open air with a vio- 
lence which sent him staggering several yards. 
Warren, Now and Then, i. 
The royal troops instantly flred such a volley of musketry 
as sent the rebel horse flying in all directions. Macaulay. 
To be sent up Salt River. See Salt River. to send 
about one's business. See business. To send down, 
in the University of Oxford, to send away from the univer- 
sity for a period, by way of punishment. To send forth 
or out. (o) To produce ; to put or bring forth : as, a tree 
send* forth branches, (ft) To emit : as, flowers send forth 
fragrance. To send owls to Athens. See owli. To 
send salaam. See salaam. To send to Coventry, to 
. 
students take part in the discipline of the in- genciont, [ME., also senchion, < OF. (andF.) 
stitution, a disciplining and advisory body com- sencqon = Olt. seneccione, senezonc, < L. sene- 
posed of members of the faculty and represen- 
tatives of the students Courtesy of the senate. 
See courtesy. Prince of the senate. See princeps sena- 
tus, under princepx. 
senate-Chamber (sen'at-cham"ber), n. A 
chamber or hall in which a senate assembles. 
senate-house (scn'at-hous), n A house 
which a senate meets, or a place of public 
council. 
Sfc. The people do admit you, and are summon'd 
Senate-House examination. 
345 
Shale., Cor., ii. 3. 153. 
Sec examination. 
. , 
send to an imaginary place of social banishment; exclude 
from society ; treat with conspicuous neglect or contempt, 
on account of offensive or objectionable conduct; ostra- 
cio(n-), groundsel: see Senecio."} Groundsel. 
For to take fysche with thy handys. Take groundis 
walle, that ys senchion, and hold yt yn thi handes, yn the 
water, and all fysche wylle gaddar theretoo. 
Reliq. Antiq., i. 324. (Hallimll.) 
send (send), t'.; pret. and pp. sent, ppr. sending. 
[< ME. senden (pret. sende, sente, pp. send, sent), 
< AS. sendan (pret. sende, pp. sended) = OS. 
sendian = OFries. senda, sanda, neindfi = MD. 
senden, D. senden = MLG. senden = OHG. san- 
tan, ncntan, MHG. srndcn, senten, G. senden = 
Icel. senda = Sw. sanda = Dan. sende = Goth. 
aiiiiiljnii, send, lit. ' make to go' (associated with 
cize socially ; cut : originally a military phrase implying 
exclusion from the society of the mess. The reason for 
this use of the name Coventry is matter of conjecture. 
The skilful artisan, who in a given time can do more 
than his fellows, but who dares not do it because he 
would be sent to Coventry by them, and who consequently 
cannot reap the benefit of his superior powers. 
H. Spencer, Study of Sociol., p. 248. 
To send to prentice. See prentice. To send to the 
right-about. Sez right-about. To send up. (a) Naut., 
tonoist (a mast or yard) into its place aloft on shipboard. 
(6) To convict of crime and imprison. (Colloq., U. S.) 
Some of them seem rather proud of the number of 
times they have been "sent up." 
Scribner's Mag., VIII. 619. 
II. intrans. 1. To despatch a missive, mes- 
sage. or messenger ; despatch an agent for some 
purpose. 
See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take 
away mine head? 2 Ki. vi. 32. 
