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English word origin

Etymology of semé

From French semé (“sown”). Doublet of seminate and semined.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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adj

Sprinkled, sown, strewn: said of a field or charge when strewn with small (identical) charges.

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From French semé (“sown”). Doublet of seminate and semined.

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