† septentrionatev.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To point to the north.
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septentrionate1646
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. ii. 58 A directive or polary faculty, whereby conveniently they [sc. steel and iron] do septentrionate at one extreme, and Australize at another.
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