Meanings
sept1
plural septs
- A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; especially, one of the ancient clans of Ireland.
Never need you fear for a single thane of your sept or nation, young warriors or old.
1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 541 more example
The chief, struck by the illustration, asked at once to be baptized, and all his sept followed his example.
1842, Samuel Lover, Handy Andy, volume 2
sept2
- nonstandardparticiplepastraresimple past and past participle of seep
For quotations using this term, see Citations:sept.
Sept3
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe month following August and preceding October
nounpeople descended from a common ancestor
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
sept · noun
- Latinsaeptum“fence, enclosure”
- Englishsept
A corruption of sect, influenced by Latin saeptum (“fence, enclosure”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
French sept.
- sept.abbreviation of September
Hungarian szept.
- szept.abbreviation of September
Portuguese set.
- set.abbreviation of September
Spanish septiar
- septiarTranslations
Tagalog Set.
- Set.abbreviation of September
Thai ก.ย.
- ก.ย. (gɔɔ.yɔɔ.)abbreviation of September
Ukrainian вер.
- вер. (ver.)abbreviation of September
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sept
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Cite this entry
sept. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sept
“sept.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sept. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sept,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sept.
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