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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 562 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, See also:Lat. satio, See also:sowing See also:time, the See also:spring, from serere, to sow; in See also:Late Lat. the word is found with its See also:present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the See also:year)  , a See also:period of See also:time, in particular, that of the four periods into which the See also:year is divided by the changing of the temperature, rainfall, and growth and decay of vegetation due to the See also:annual See also:motion of the See also:sun in See also:declination . Divided strictly according to this motion the year falls into four nearly equal seasons, " See also:spring " (i.e. the springing time, when vegetation rises or shoots), " summer " (O . Eng . See also:Sumer, cf . Dutch zomer, Ger . See also:Sommer, probably connected with Skt. See also:soma, year), autumn " (See also:Lat. autumnus, auctumnus, from augere, to increase, the period of ripening or fruiting) and " See also:winter (See also:common See also:Teutonic, possibly a nasalized See also:form. of See also:root seen in " wet ") .

End of Article: SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)
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