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Season   /sˈizən/   Listen
noun
Season  n.  
1.
One of the divisions of the year, marked by alterations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., caused mainly by the relative position of the earth with respect to the sun. In the north temperate zone, four seasons, namely, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, are generally recognized. Some parts of the world have three seasons, the dry, the rainy, and the cold; other parts have but two, the dry and the rainy. "The several seasons of the year in their beauty."
2.
Hence, a period of time, especially as regards its fitness for anything contemplated or done; a suitable or convenient time; proper conjuncture; as, the season for planting; the season for rest. "The season, prime for sweetest scents and airs."
3.
A period of time not very long; a while; a time. "Thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season."
4.
That which gives relish; seasoning. (Obs.) "You lack the season of all natures, sleep."
In season, in good time, or sufficiently early for the purpose.
Out of season, beyond or out of the proper time or the usual or appointed time.


verb
Season  v. t.  (past & past part. seasoned; pres. part. seasoning)  
1.
To render suitable or appropriate; to prepare; to fit. "He is fit and seasoned for his passage."
2.
To fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to accustom; to inure; to ripen; to mature; as, to season one to a climate.
3.
Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices; as, to season timber.
4.
To fit for taste; to render palatable; to give zest or relish to; to spice; as, to season food.
5.
Hence, to fit for enjoyment; to render agreeable. "You season still with sports your serious hours." "The proper use of wit is to season conversation."
6.
To qualify by admixture; to moderate; to temper. "When mercy seasons justice."
7.
To imbue; to tinge or taint. "Who by his tutor being seasoned with the love of the truth." "Season their younger years with prudent and pious principles."
8.
To copulate with; to impregnate. (R.)


Season  v. i.  
1.
To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.
2.
To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance; as, timber seasons in the sun.
3.
To give token; to savor. (Obs.)





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... Loving and riding away is not wholly unknown in the Anglo-Indian community; and indeed, by both parties to the contract, engagements are frequently regarded in the mistaken light of ninepins. Hearts are seldom broken. At Simla during a late season a gallant captain persistently wore the willow till the war broke out, because he had been jilted in favour of a colonel; but his appetite rapidly recovered its tone on campaign, and he was reported to have ...
— Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places • Archibald Forbes
... manner, it appears to me highly probable that "The Christmas Tree" with its lighted tapers, which is introduced at that sacred season for the entertainment of our young people, is "a survival" of the worship of the sacred tree and of the Sun. The toys which are hung on the twigs of the tree may also be "survivals" of the offerings which were usually made to the Sun and the heavenly ...
— James Nasmyth's Autobiography • James Nasmyth
... Senegal, courtship in Sensibility of genital sphere in women Sensory acuteness in women Sexual cerebral centers, hypothetical Sexual impulse, definition of Sexual incompetence, prevalence of Sexual selection, psychological aspects of Sexual season Shaftesbury's supposed masochism Shoe-fetichism Sicily, courtship in love-bite in Slavery, erotic Slavs, courtship customs of masochism among Slug, courtship of Smell, stimulation of Snails, sexual process in Social class and sexual feeling ...
— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis
... 'the cry of A SHIP! brought us to our feet.' It seemed to be the glimmer of a vessel's signal-lantern rising out of the curve of the sea. There was a season of breathless hope while they stood watching, with their hands shading their eyes, and their hearts in their throats; then the promise failed: the light was a rising star. It is a long time ago—thirty-two years—and it doesn't matter now, yet one is sorry for their disappointment. ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain
... the firstlings of the flocks; Chased even amid the folds; and made to bleed, Like felons, where they did the murderous deed. This fiery game your active youth maintain'd; Not yet by years extinguish'd, though restrain'd: You season still with sports your serious hours: 60 For age but tastes of pleasures youth devours. The hare in pastures or in plains is found, Emblem of human life, who runs the round; And, after all his wandering ways are done, His circle fills, and ends where he ...
— The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Vol II - With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes • John Dryden


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