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sere

1  [seer]
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–adjective
dry; withered.
Also, sear.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME seer(e), OE sēar; see sear 1

Synonyms:
arid, parched, desiccated, wizened.

sere

2  [seer]
–noun
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
Origin:
1915–20; back formation from series
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sere 1 also sear   (sîr)   
adj.  Withered; dry: sere vegetation at the edge of the desert.

[Middle English, from Old English sēar.]
sere 2   (sîr)   
n.  The entire sequence of ecological communities successively occupying an area from the initial stage to the climax.

[From series.]
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Word Origin & History

sere 
O.E. sear "dried up, withered," from P.Gmc. *sauzas (cf. M.L.G. sor, Du. zoor), from PIE base *saus- (cf. Skt. susyati "dries, withers;" O.Pers. uška- "dry" (adj.), "land" (n.); Avestan huška- "dry;" L. sudus "dry"). A good word now relegated to bad poetry. Related to sear. Sere month was an old name for "August."
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sere   (sîr)  Pronunciation Key 
The entire sequence of ecological communities successively occupying an area from the initial stage to the climax community. See more at succession.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
SERE
survival, evasion, resistance, escape
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