Definition of Semple

1. of humble birth [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Semple

semperannual
sempergreen
semperidentical
semperjuvenescent
semperlenity
sempervirent
sempervirid
sempervive
sempervives
sempervivum
sempervivums
sempiternal
sempiternally
sempiternities
sempiternity
semple (current term)
sempler
semplest
semplice
sempre
sempster
sempsters
sempstress
sempstresses
sempstressy
semsem
semsemia
semsemias
semsems
semseyite

Literary usage of Semple

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Under the Editorial Supervision of Lyon edited by Lyon Gardiner Tyler (1915)
"He married Martha semple, daughter of Judge James semple by his first wife, ... By his second marriage Judge semple was father of Dr. George William semple ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1859)
"By ROBERT HUNTER semple, MD, Member of the Royal College of Physicians of London, Physician to the Northern Dispensary, etc. etc. London, 1858. 12mo. pp. ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1807)
"Now we never can either abandon or compromise the cause of criticism, nor allow with Mr. semple that its increase is * the decay of genius. ..."

4. Social Adaptation: A Study in the Development of the Doctrine of Adaptation by Lucius Moody Bristol (1915)
"The work of the former has been interpreted with some modifications by his pupil and disciple, Ellen Churchill semple, and furnishes an important ..."

5. Illustrative Cases on Equity Jurisprudence by Harry Burns Hutchins, Robert Emmet Bunker (1903)
"On December 5, 1885, semple and James D. Flynn entered Into an agreement for the ... semple waa to furnish the money to buy the necessary fixtures and ..."

6. The History of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Comprising the Civil by James Seaton Reid (1853)
"John semple, afterwards an honest zealous minister in the Church of Scotland for many ... Particularly one time John semple met a pursuivant by the way, ..."

7. Social Adaptation: A Study in the Development of the Doctrine of Adaptation by Lucius Moody Bristol (1915)
"The work of the former has been interpreted with some modifications by his pupil and disciple, Ellen Churchill semple, and furnishes an important ..."

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