semen-contra (sé-mè-n-), n.m., (n.p.) (pharm.) semen-contra, worm-seed.
semé, -e, part., adj., sown, strewn, interspersed.
semer, v.a., to sow, to scatter; to spread; to strew, to sprinkle, to disseminate. — du blé; to sow wheat. — de l’argent; to scatter money. — la discorde; to sow discord. — la terreur; to spread terror. — des fleurs; to strew flowers. Il faut — pour recueillir; one must sow first to reap afterwards. Se —; to be sowed.
semestre (-mès-), n.m., half-year; six months; half-year’s duty, half-year’s income; (milit.) six months’ furlough. Entrer en —; to enter upon a six months’ duty. Congé de —; six months’ furlough. Par —; half-yearly.
semestriel, -le (-mès-), adj., half-yearly.
semestrier, (-mès-), n.m., (milit.) soldier absent on a six months’ furlough.
semeur, n.m., seedsman, sower; disseminator, spreader.
semi, adj. invariable, semi, demi, half.
semi-arien, -ne, adj. and n., (—-—s) Semi-Arian.
semi-circulaire, adj., semicircular.