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SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, 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 motion of the See also: sun in declination
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Divided strictly according to this motion the year falls into four nearly equal seasons, " spring " (i.e. the springing time, when vegetation rises or shoots), " summer " (O
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See also: Sumer, cf
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Dutch zomer, Ger
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See also: Sommer, probably connected with Skt. soma, year), autumn " (See also: Lat. autumnus, auctumnus, from augere, to increase, the period of ripening or fruiting) and " winter
(See also: common Teutonic, possibly a nasalized See also: form. of See also: root seen in " wet ")
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