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Sept

name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of Sept. (“September”). alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; especially, one of the ancient clans of Ireland.

    "The chief, struck by the illustration, asked at once to be baptized, and all his sept followed his example."

  2. 2
    people descended from a common ancestor wordnet
  3. 3
    An enclosure; a railing.
  4. 4
    the month following August and preceding October wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of seep form-of, nonstandard, participle, past, rare

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:sept."

Etymology

Etymology 1

A corruption of sect, influenced by Latin saeptum (“fence, enclosure”).

Etymology 2

On analogy with creep → crept, weep → wept etc.

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