sagaciate (sagashiat)

i.; pret. and pp. sagaciated, ppr. sagaciating. [A made word, appar. based on sagacious + -ate2.] To do or be in any way; think, talk, or act, as indicating a state of mind or body: as, how do you sagaci ate this morning? [Slang, U. S.] "How duz yo' sym'tums seem ter segashuate?" sez Brer J. C. Harris, Uncle Remus, ii. Rabbit, sezee. sagacious (sā-gā'shus), a. [= F. sagace = Sp. Pg. sagaz = It. sagace, So scented the grim feature, and upturn'd His nostril wide into the murky air, Sagacious of his quarry from so far. Milton, P. L., x. 281. IMG:content-2702.png:[blocks in formation] True charity is sagacious, and will find out hints for Sir T. Browne, Christ. Mor., i. 6. beneficence. In Homer himself we find not a few of those sagacious , curt sentences, into which men unacquainted with books are fond of compre ing their experience of human life. J. S. Blackie , Lang. and Lit. of Scottish Highlands, ii. 3. Intelligent; endowed with sagacity. Of all the solitary insects I have ever remarked, the spider is the most sagacious . Goldsmith, The Bee, No. 4. =Syn. 2 and 3. Sage , Knowing , etc. (see astute ); perspicacious, clear-sighted, long-headed, sharp-witted, intelligent, well-judged, sensible. sagaciously (sā-gā'shus-li), adv . In a sagacious manner; wisely; sagely. Lord Coke sagaciously observes upon it. Burke , Economical Reformation. sagaciousne (sā-gā'shus-nes), n. The quality of being sagacious; sagacity. sagacity (sa-gas'i-ti), n. [F. sagacité = Pr. sagacitat = Sp. sagacidad = Pg. sagacidade = It. sagacità , sagacita (t-) s , sagaciousne , sagax ( sagac- ), sagacious: see sagacious .] The state or character of being sagacious, in any sense; sagaciousne . Knowledge of the world consists in knowing from what principles men generally act; and it is commonly the fruit of natural sagacity joined with experience. Reid , Active Powers, III. i. 1. =Syn. Perspicacity , etc. (see judgment ), insight, mother wit. See astute and discernment . sagaie, n. Same as a agai . sagaman (säʼgä-man), n . [ sag am and ), saga (gen. sögu ), saga, + madır , man.] A narrator or chanter of sagas; a Scand in avian minstrel. You are the hero! you are the Sagaman. We are not worthy; we have been cowards and sluggards. Kingsley, Hypatia, xxix. sagamité, n. [Amer. Ind. (Algonkin).] An Indian dish of coarse hominy boiled to gruel. Corn was liberally used, and was dre ed in various ways, of which the most relished was one which is still in fashion among the old French population of Louisiana, and which is called " sagamité ." Gayarré, Hist. Louisiana, I. 317. sagamore (sag'a-mor), n . [Amer. Ind.sagamore , chief, king: supposed to be connected with sa chem: see sachem .] A king or chief among some tribes of American Indians. Some writers 5302 regard sagamore as synonymous with sachem, but others distinguish between them, regarding sachem as a chief of the first rank, and sagamore as one of the second. VS. The next day came a tall Saluage boldly amongst He was a Sagamo . Capt . John Smith , Works (ed. Arber), p. 754. Wahginnacut, a sagamore upon the River Quonehtacut, which lies west of Naragancet, came to the govern our at Boston. Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 62. The barbarous people were lords of their own; and have their sagamores, and orders, and forms of government under which they peaceably live. Bp . Hall , Cases of Conscience, iii. 8. Foot by foot, they were driven back from the shores, until I, that am a chief and a sagamore , have never seen ited the graves of my fathers. the sun shine but through the trees, and have never vis J. F. Cooper , Last of Mohicans, iii. sagapen (sag'a-pen), n. Same as sagapeпит. sagapenum (sag-a-pē'num), n. [NL., Many a sagar have little Goldy and I smoaked together. Colman, Man of Busine , iv. ( Davies.)