sapiential (ti as sh)

[English sapient; -ial.] Affording wisdom or instructions for wisdom. ( Bp. Hall: Remains, p. 66.) enfilading fire from the fortification. Sand-bags, sā-pi-en-tial-lý (ti as sh), adv. [Eng. sapien IMG:content-0942.png:[blocks in formation] tial ; -ly.] In a sapiential or wise manner; wisely, sagely. *sā-pi-en-tious, a. [English sapient ; -ious.] Sapiential. †sā-pl-en-tize, v. i. & t . [Eng. sapient ; -ize.] A. In trans.: To make or render sapient or wise. B. Trans.: To affect wisdom. sā-pi-ent-lý, adv . [Eng. sapient; -ly.] In a sapient manner; wisely, sagely, sagaciously. săp-in-da-çě-sæ, s . pl . [Mod. Lat. sapind (us); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -aceæ .] Bot .: Soapworts; the typical order of Sap in dales (q. v.). Trees, shrubs, twining and with tendrils, rarely climbing herbs. Leaves alternate, generally compound, sometimes dotted. Flowers small, in 1. To act like a sap or a ninny; to be or act like a racemes or racemose panicles, white or pink, rarely 2. To read or study hard. milksop. " Sapping and studying still."-C. Kingsley: Yeast, ch. i. săp (2), v . t . & i . [O. Fr. sapper (Fr. saper )=to undermine, from O. Fr. sappe (Fr. sape )=a hoe, an instrument for mining, from Low Lat. sap a =a hoe; Sp.zap a a spade; Ital. zappa =a mattock.] A. Transitive: I. Ordinary Language. 1. Lit.: To undermine; to cause to fall or to render unstable by digging or wearing away the foundation. "Till sapp'd their strength, and ev'ry part unsound, Down, down they sink, and spread a ruin round."" Goldsmith: Deserted Village . 2. Fig : To undermine; to subvert or destroy, as by some secret or hidden proce . foundations of his throne." - London Globe. "The revolution is let loose, and is ready to sap the II. Mil .: To pierce with saps. B. In trans.: To proceed by secretly undermining. săp-a-dil-150, s. [SAPODILLA.]