sen-, sene-, seni-, sir- +

(Latin: old age, old, elder)

insenescence

1. The process of growing old.
2. The process of becoming old; senescence.

seignior

1. A feudal lord, especially in England (from Latin senior, "older").
2. A man of rank, especially a feudal lord.
3. Used as a form of address for such a man.
4. Etymology: from Middle English segnour, from Old French seignor, from Vulgar Latin senior, from Latin, "older"; comparative of senex, sen-, "old".

seigniorage

Revenue or a profit taken from the minting of coins, usually the difference between the value of the bullion used and the face value of the coin.

seignory, seigniory

1. The power or authority of a lord; dominion.
2. Etymology: from French seigneur, "lord"; Latin "senior, elder", in English law, the lordship.

senate

1. Via Old French from Latin senatus, literally "assembly of elders", from senex "male elder" (source of English senile and senior).
2. The sole or upper law-making chamber of government in many countries or states, past and present.

senator

An elected or appointed member of a senate.

senatorial

1. Relating to or characteristic of a senate or the post of a senator: "As a new senator, she was granted senatorial privileges."
2. Made up of or composed of senators.

Senatus consultum

A decree of the senate in ancient Rome.

senatus populusque Romanus; S.P.Q.R.

The Senate and the People of Rome.

The initials S.P.Q.R. appeared on many ancient official standards [flags] and emblems and they still exist on manhole covers in modern Rome.

senectitude

Old age.

Senectus insanabilis morbus est.

"Old age is an incurable disease." or "Old age itself is a sickness."

—Publius Terentius (c.185-159 B.C.).

Senectus ipsa morbus est.

Old age in itself is a disease.

senesce

To grow old. Set of books representing sources of information for word info topics.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

—Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729)

senescence

1. The state of being old.
2. The process or condition of growing old.

People don't grow old. When they stop growing, they become old.

—Anonymous

Senescence begins
And middle age ends
The day your descendants
Outnumber your friends.

—Ogden Nash

People are the only creatures on earth who can change their biology by what they think and feel

It would be impossible to isolate a single thought or feeling, a single belief or assumption, that doesn't have some effect on aging, either directly or indirectly.

Our cells are constantly eavesdropping on our thought and being changed by them. Joy and fulfillment keep us healthy and extend our lives.

A remembered stress, which is only a wisp of thought, releases the same flood of destructive hormones as the stress itself.

Because the mind influences every cell in the body, human aging is fluid and changeable; it can speed up, slow down, stop for a time, and even reverse itself.

Hundreds of research findings from the last three decades have verified that aging is much more dependent on the individual than was ever dreamed of in the past.

A hundred things we pay attention to: breathing, digesting, growing new cells, repairing damaged old ones, purifying toxins, preserving hormonal balance, converting stored energy from fat to blood sugar, dilating the pupils of the eyes, raising and lowering blood pressure, maintaining steady body temperature, balancing as we walk, shunting blood to and from the muscle groups that are doing the most work, and sensing movement and sound in the surrounding environment . . . continue ceaselessly.

These automatic processes play a huge part in aging, for as we age, our ability to coordinate these functions declines. A lifetime of unconscious living leads to numerous deteriorations, while a lifetime of conscious participation prevents them.

A few words from Ageless Body, Timeless Mind

—By Deepak Chopra, M.D.; Harmony Books; New York; 1993.

senescent

Approaching an advanced age; growing old.

"Seven Ages of Man" or "All the World's a Stage"

William Shakespeare from "As You Like It"

All the world's a stage,

And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
Mewling (whimpering, sobbing) and puking in the nurse's arms.
And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like a snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard (leopard),
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon (tender chicken) lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws (proverbs) and modern instances (examples);
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon (old fool),
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans* teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans every thing.
(*without)

Related "old; old age, elder" units: gero-; obsolesc-; presbyo-; veter-.

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sen-, sene-, seni-, sir- +

(Latin: old age, old, elder)

People are the only creatures on earth who can change their biology by what they think and feel

"Seven Ages of Man" or "All the World's a Stage"

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