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sept¹

  • /sɛpt/ UK, US

Rhymes with -ɛpt

Where it comes from

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

noun septs

  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. An enclosure; a railing.

sept²

  • /sɛpt/ UK, US

Rhymes with -ɛpt

Where it comes from

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

verb

  1. nonstandard, participle, past, rare simple past and past participle of seep For quotations using this term, see Citations:sept.

Sept³

proper noun

  1. Australia, India, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, abbreviation Alternative form of Sep: Abbreviation of September.
  2. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: phratry, family, kinfolk, kinsfolk, folk, sep, september, family line, septembre, dec, je, ans, aug, oct, seven, bbc

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Españolseptiar

name abbreviation of September

Portuguêsset.
Françaissept.

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MLA

"sept." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sept. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

sept. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sept

Chicago

"sept." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sept.

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@misc{sept_2026,
  title = {sept},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sept},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}