Sentientia Gricei

 Sentence (sentens), sb. Also 4-5 sentenso, ~o sentens, 5 centence, centense, sentensee. [a F. sentence (12th c.) - Pr. sentensa, Sp. sen-tencia, Pg. sentença, It, sentenza, ad. L. sententia opinion, maxim, etc., irreg. (for *sentientia) f. sentire to feel, be of opinion.]

+1 Way of thinking, opinion. Obs.

1340 Ayero, 69 per byep some..pet none guode techinge ne onderuongeb ak alneway weryep hare sentense huet bet hit by,

	A serles of words in connected speech or
	writing, forming the grammatically complete ex-
	pression of a single thought; in popular use often
	(- PERIOD sb. 10), such a portion of a composition
	or utterance as extends from one fall stop to
	another. In Grammar, the verbel expression of
	& proposition, question, command, or request, con-
	taining normally a subject and a predicate (though
	either of these may be omitted by ellipsis.
	a grammatical use, though not in popular language a
	sentonce may consist of & single word, as in L. algeo am cold, where the subject (- l) is expressed by the end-

ing of the verb.

English grammarians usually recognize

three classes: simple sentences, complex sentences (which contain one or more subordinate clauses), and compound sentences (which have more than one subject or predicate).

I447 BoKENHAM Seyntys, Agnes 682 Fro sentence to sen-tence, I dar wele seyn, I hym haue folwyde euen by & by.

1526 Pilgy. Perf. (W. de W. 1537) 16o Euery lettre, syllable, worde, & sentence of his prayer & duty from the begyn-nynge to yende. 1538 ELYot Dict., Teiracolon, a sentence haung ili. membres.

I600 SHAKS. A. Y. L. II. Ii. 144 At

euerie sentence end; Will I Rosalinda write. rog in Rymer Fadera XIX. 305 The Statute before mentioned, or any Clause, Sentence, Matter or Thing whatsoever therein con-teyned. a x653 BInNING Princ. Chr. Relig. Wks. (1735) 27 There is some hidden Secret that you must search for, that is inclosed within the Covering of Words and Sentences.

I712 ADDISON Spect. No. 550 P 5, I have so well preserved my Taciturnity that I do not remember to have violated it with three Sentences in the space of almost two Years.

1728 CHAMBERS Cycl. s.V., Every Sentence comprehends at least Three Words. 1748 RICHARDSON Clarissa VII. 177, I would not lose a sentence that I could gain from lips so instructive. 1787 REID Let. to Gregory 26 Aug., In speech, the true natural unit is a sentence. 1819 ScoTT Iranhoe ili, His displeasure was expressed in broken sen-tences. 1848 THAckErAy an Fair 1, The combat, which we describe in a sentence or two, lasted for many weeks in poor Amelia's heart. 187o JEVONS Elem. Lagic vil. (1875)

6x What the logician calls a proposition the grammarian calls a sentence.