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Webster 1913 Edition
Seminal
Sem′i-nal
,Adj.
[L.
seminalis
, fr. semen
, seminis
, seed, akin to serere
to sow: cf. F. seminal
. See Sow
to scatter seed.] 1.
Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, seed or semen;
as, the
. seminal
fluid2.
Contained in seed.
The idea of God is, beyond all question or comparison, the one great
seminal
principle. Hare.
Sem′i-nal
,Noun.
A seed.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Seminal
SEM'INAL
,Adj.
1. Pertaining to seed, or to the elements of production.
2. Contained in a seed; radical; rudimental; original; as seminal principles of generation; seminal virtue.