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sen⋅ten⋅tial

  [sen-ten-shuhl]
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–adjective
pertaining to or of the nature of a sentence.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME, equiv. to L sententi(a) sentence + -al 1

Related forms:
sen⋅ten⋅tial⋅ly, adverb
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sen·tence   (sěn'təns)   
n.  

  1. A grammatical unit that is syntactically independent and has a subject that is expressed or, as in imperative sentences, understood and a predicate that contains at least one finite verb.

  2. Law

    1. A court judgment, especially a judicial decision of the punishment to be inflicted on one adjudged guilty.

    2. The penalty meted out.

  3. Archaic A maxim.

  4. Obsolete An opinion, especially one given formally after deliberation.

tr.v.   sen·tenced, sen·tenc·ing, sen·tenc·es Law
To pronounce sentence upon (one adjudged guilty). See Synonyms at condemn.

[Middle English, opinion, from Old French, from Latin sententia, from sentiēns, sentient-, present participle of sentīre, to feel; see sent- in Indo-European roots.]
sen·ten'tial (sěn-těn'shəl) adj., sen·ten'tial·ly adv.
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