Sekirov Dictionary

serene

/səˈɹiːn/

adjective 4
noun 2
verb 1
forms 7

adjective4

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Calm, peaceful, unruffled.
- She looked at her students with joviality and a serene mentality.
•
Without worry or anxiety; unaffected by disturbance.
- I took train and reached Wichita, where my active partner was awaiting me. He had just returned from the Medicine River, and reported everything serene. — 1908
Used as part of certain titles, originally to indicate sovereignty or independence.
•
(no longer used) Fair and unclouded (as of the sky); clear; unobscured.
- Now sleeping flocks on their soft fleeces lie, / The moon, serene in glory, mounts the sky, […] — 1717

noun2

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(literary) Serenity; clearness; calmness.
- To their master is denied / To share their sweet serene. — 1742
•
A fine rain from a cloudless sky after sunset.
- Some serene blast me, or dire lightning strike / This my offending face. — 1605

verb1

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To make serene.
- The Hoary Frosts, and Northern Blasts take care / Thy muddy Bev'rage to serene, and drive / Praecipitant the baser, ropy Lees. — 1708

forms

serened · serening · serenes · more serene · serener · most serene · serenest

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