sensuality

[ Fr.sensual ité.] *1. Originally used of the predominance of sense over the higher powers, but without implying the heavy censure now involved in the word; carnality, worldline . "[God] seeing the sensuality of man and our woful distrust, is willing to allow us all the means of strengthening our souls in his promise by such seals and witne es as confirm it."-Rogers: Naaman the Syrian , p. 493. 2. The quality or state of being sensual or devoted to the gratification of sense and the indulgence of the appetites or pa ions; free indulgence in carnal or sensual pleasures "Sobriety is sometimes opposed in scripture to pride, and other disorders of the mind. And sometimes it is opposed to sensuality."-Gilpin: Hints for Sermons, § 20. 3625 only one subject and one predicate, as, "I write." A complex sentence is one which contains a principal sentence together with one or more clauses or dependent sentences; as, "The house, in which the event happened, is taken down." A compound sent ence is one which consists of two or more coördinate could write, but he could not draw." sentences linked together by a conjunction; as, "He "A sentence is an a emblage of words expre ed in proper form, and ranged in proper order, and concurring to make a complete sense."-Lowth: Introd. to Eng lish Grammar. 2. Law : A definite judgment pronounced by a court or judge upon a criminal: a judicial decision publicly and officially pronounced in a criminal prosecution. Technically, sentence is confined to dec is ions pronounced against persons convicted of crime; the decision in a civil case is called a judg ment. sent'-ençe, v. t. [SENTENCE, 8.] sent i section I. Ordinary Language: 1. A feeling toward or respecting some person or being; a particular disposition of mind as regards some person or thing; a thought prompted by pa ion or feeling. 2. Tendency to be moved or influenced by feeling; susceptibility of emotion; sensibility. 3. Thought, opinion, view, notion; the judgment or decision of the mind formed by reasoning or deliberation. 4. The sense, thought, or inner signification contained in words, as distinct from the words themselves. 5. A sentence or pa age considered as the expre ion of a thought; a thought expre ed in striking language; a maxim, a saying; a sentence expre ive of a wish; a toast; as, The sentiment is good, though the language is coarse. II. Technically : 1. Art : The leading idea which has governed the IMG:content-1215.png:[blocks in formation] *3. To expre in a sententious, energetic manner. "Let me hear one wise man sentence it, rather than twenty fools, garrulous in their lengthened tale."Feltham: Resolves, i. 93. sent-enç-er, s. [Eng.sentenc(e); -er.] One who pronounces a sentence. sen ten-tial (ti a h), adj. [Eng. sentenc(e); 1. Comprising sentences. sen-su-al-i-za-tion, subst. [Eng. sensualiz (e); -ial.]. ation. The act of sensualizing: the state of being sensualized.