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semé

[ suh-mey ]

adjective

, Heraldry.
  1. covered with many small, identical figures.


semé

/ səme; ˈsɛmeɪ /

adjective

  1. postpositiveusually foll byof heraldry dotted (with)

    semé of fleurs-de-lys gules

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of semé1

1555–65; < French: literally, sown, past participle of semer < Latin sēmināre to sow, equivalent to sēmin- (stem of sēmen ) seed, semen + -āre infinitive suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of semé1

C16: from French, literally: sown, from semer to sow, from Latin sēmināre, from sēmen seed
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Example Sentences

Wherby shallbe plainly perceaued, that many thynges seme impossible to be done, whiche by arte may very well be wrought.

Ther is an amplificacion also wh contraries be set together, wherby bothe the partes seme bygger, and more euidente.

The Castelle Waulles now remaining seme to be of no very old Building.

I make it seme that I beleive that all is trew, and takis heid thairto, and excusit my self for this nicht that I culd not walk.

Now they of Muscovy ben Devyls, und they ben subtle for to make a thing seme otherwise than it is, for to deceive mankind.

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