Etymology

sejant

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Today it means: Seated, sitting. Full definition →

French séant
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  1. French · derived fromséant
  2. English todaysejant

French séant, present participle of seoir (“to sit”). Doublet of sedent.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.