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Definition of Seminate
1. v. t. To sow; to spread; to propagate.
Definition of Seminate
1. to sow [v SEMINATED, SEMINATING, SEMINATES] - See also: sow
Medical Definition of Seminate
1. To sow; to spread; to propagate. Origin: L. Seminatus, p. P. Of seminare to sow, fr. Semen, seminis, seed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seminate
| seminar seminarian seminarians seminaries seminarist seminarists seminarlike seminarrative seminars seminated | seminates semination seminationalized seminations seminatural seminification seminist |
Literary usage of Seminate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... Antonyms: .see DEPENDENCY. sow, vt I. Referring to the depositing of seed:
scatter, seminate (archaic); spec. cast, drill, dibble, broadcast. ..."
2. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"... propagate and «fts- seminate are the acts of persons only. The thing spreads
and circulates, or it is spread and circulated by some one; ..."
3. English Field Systems by Howard Levi Gray (1915)
"With the close the case is different: — " Est ibidem in dominicis in quodam clauso
separabili xiii acre seminate cum frumento hoc anno item ibidem in eodem ..."
4. The Domesday of Inclosures, 1517-1518: Being the Extant Returns to Chancery by Royal Historical Society (Great Britain), Great Britain Court of Chancery, Great Britain Commissioners of Inclosures, 1517-1518, Isaac Saunders Leadam (1897)
"... in Comitatu predicto terre que ille arrate et seminate ac cum ... terre quindecim
acras terre in se continente ct que terre arrate et seminate ac cum ..."
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