The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Chapter 1655
Sub`al*ter"nant (?) , n. (Logic) A universal proposition. See Subaltern , 2.
Whately.
Subalternate <Xpage=1432>
Sub`al*ter"nate (?) , a. 1. Succeeding by turns; successive.
2. Subordinate; subaltern; inferior.
All their subalternate and several kinds. Evelyn.
Subalternate <Xpage=1432>
Sub`al*ter"nate , n. (Logic) A particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one. See Subaltern , 2.
Subalternating <Xpage=1432>
Sub*al"ter*na`ting (?) , a. Subalternate; successive.
Subalternation <Xpage=1432>
Sub*al"ter*na`tion (?) , n. The state of being subalternate; succession of turns; subordination.
Subangular <Xpage=1432>
Sub*an"gu*lar (?) , a. Slightly angular.
Subapennine <Xpage=1432>
Sub*ap"en*nine (?) , a. Under, or at the foot of, the Apennine mountains; -- applied, in geology, to a series of Tertiary strata of the older Pliocene period.
Subapical <Xpage=1432>
Sub*ap"ic*al (?) , a. Being under the apex; of or pertaining to the part just below the apex.
Subaquaneous <Xpage=1432>
Sub`a*qua"ne*ous (?) , a. [L. subaquaneus ; sub + aqua water.] Subaqueous. [Obs.]
Subaquatic, Subaqueous <Xpage=1432>
Sub`a*quat"ic (?) , Sub*a"que*ous (?) , a. 1. Being under water, or beneath the surface of water; adapted for use under water; submarine; as, a subaqueous helmet .
2. (Geol.) Formed in or under water; as, subaqueous deposits .
Subarachnoid, Subarachnoidal <Xpage=1432>
Sub`a*rach"noid (?) , Sub*ar`ach*noid"al (?) , a. (Anat.) Situated under the arachnoid membrane.
Subarctic <Xpage=1432>
Sub*arc"tic (?) , a. Approximately arctic; belonging to a region just without the arctic circle.
Subarcuate, Subarcuated <Xpage=1432>
Sub*ar"cu*ate (?) , Sub*ar"cu*a`ted (?) , a. Having a figure resembling that of a bow; somewhat curved or arched.
Subarration <Xpage=1432>
Sub`ar*ra"tion (?) , n. [Pref. sub- + L. arra , arrha , earnest money. See Earnest a pledge.] The ancient custom of betrothing by the bestowal, on the part of the man, of marriage gifts or tokens, as money, rings, or other presents, upon the woman.
Subarytenoid <Xpage=1432>
Sub`a*ryt"e*noid (?) , a. (Anat.) Situated under the arytenoid cartilage of the larynx.
Subastral <Xpage=1432>
Sub*as"tral (?) , a. Beneath the stars or heavens; terrestrial.
Bp. Warburton.
Subastringent <Xpage=1432>
Sub`as*trin"gent (?) , a. Somewhat astringent.
Subatom <Xpage=1432>
Sub*at"om (?) , n. (Chem.) A hypothetical component of a chemical atom, on the theory that the elements themselves are complex substances; -- called also atomicule . <-- Add subatomic particles -- protons, neutrons, gluons, quarks, etc. -->
Subaud <Xpage=1432>
Sub*aud" (?) , v. t. [L. subaudire , subauditum ; sub under + audire to hear.] To understand or supply in an ellipsis. [R.]
Subaudition <Xpage=1432>
Sub`au*di"tion (?) , n. [L. subauditio .] The act of understanding, or supplying, something not expressed; also, that which is so understood or supplied.
Trench.
Subaxillary <Xpage=1432>
Sub*ax"il*la*ry (?) , a. 1. (Anat.) Situated under the axilla, or armpit.
2. (Bot.) Placed under the axil, or angle formed by the branch of a plant with the stem, or a leaf with the branch.
Subbasal <Xpage=1432>
Sub*ba"sal (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Near the base.
Sub-base <Xpage=1432>
Sub"-base` (?) , n. (Arch.) The lowest member of a base when divided horizontally, or of a baseboard, pedestal, or the like.
Sub-bass <Xpage=1432>
Sub"-bass` , n. (Mus.) The deepest pedal stop, or the lowest tones of an organ; the fundamental or ground bass. [Written also sub-base .]
Ayliffe.
Subbeadle <Xpage=1432>
Sub*bea"dle (?) , n. An under beadle.
Subbrachial <Xpage=1432>
Sub*brach"i*al (?) , a. Of or pertaining to the subbrachians.
Subbrachiales <Xpage=1432>
Sub*brach`i*a"les (?) , n. pl. [NL. See Sub- , and Brachial .] (Zo\'94l.) A division of soft-finned fishes in which the ventral fins are situated beneath the pectorial fins, or nearly so.
Subbrachian <Xpage=1432>
Sub*brach"i*an (?) , n. [Pref. sub- + brachium .] (Zo\'94l.) One of the Subbrachiales.
Subbreed <Xpage=1432>
Sub"breed` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A race or strain differing in certain characters from the parent breed; an incipient breed.
Subbronchial <Xpage=1432>
Sub*bron"chi*al (?) , a. (Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the bronchi; as, the subbronchial air sacs of birds .
Subcaliber <Xpage=1432>
Sub*cal"i*ber (?) , a. Smaller than the caliber of a firearm. [Written also subcalibre .]
Subcaliber projectile , a projectile having a smaller diameter than the caliber of the arm from which it is fired, and to which it is fitted by means of a sabot. Knight.
Subcarboniferous <Xpage=1432>
Sub*car`bon*if"er*ous (?) , a. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Carboniferous formations underlying the proper coal measures. It was a marine formation characterized in general by beds of limestone. -- n. The Subcarboniferous period or formation.
Subcarbureted <Xpage=1432>
Sub*car"bu*ret`ed (?) , a. (Chem.) United with, or containing, carbon in less than the normal proportion. [Written also subcarburetted .] [Obsoles.]
Subcartilaginous <Xpage=1432>
Sub*car`ti*lag"i*nous (?) , a. (Anat.) (a) Situated under or beneath a cartilage or cartilages. (b) Partially cartilaginous.
Subcaudal <Xpage=1432>
Sub*cau"dal (?) , a. (Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the tail; as, the subcaudal , or chevron, bones .
Subcelestial <Xpage=1432>
Sub`ce*les"tial (?) , a. Being beneath the heavens; as, subcelestial glories .
Barrow.
Subcentral <Xpage=1432>
Sub*cen"tral (?) , a. 1. Under the center.
2. Nearly central; not quite central.
Subchanter <Xpage=1432>
Sub*chant"er (?) , n. (Eccl.) An underchanter; a precentor's deputy in a cathedral; a succentor.
Subcircular <Xpage=1432>
Sub*cir"cu*lar (?) , a. Nearly circular.
Subclass <Xpage=1432>
Sub"class` (?) , n. One of the natural groups, more important than an order, into which some classes are divided; as, the angiospermous subclass of exogens .
Subclavian <Xpage=1432>
Sub*cla"vi*an (?) , a. [Pref. sub- + L. clavis a key. See Clavicle .] (Anat.) Situated under the clavicle, or collar bone; as, the subclavian arteries .
Subcolumnar <Xpage=1432>
Sub`co*lum"nar (?) , a. (Geol.) Having an imperfect or interrupted columnar structure.
Subcommittee <Xpage=1432>
Sub`com*mit"tee (?) , n. An under committee; a part or division of a committee.
Yet by their sequestrators and subcommittees abroad . . . those orders were commonly disobeyed. Milton.
Subcompressed <Xpage=1432>
Sub`com*pressed" (?) , a. Not fully compressed; partially or somewhat compressed.
Subconcave <Xpage=1432>
Sub*con"cave (?) , a. Slightly concave.
Owen.
Subconformable <Xpage=1432>
Sub`con*form"a*ble (?) , a. Partially conformable.
Subconical <Xpage=1432>
Sub*con"ic*al (?) , a. Slightly conical.
Subconjunctival <Xpage=1432>
Sub*con`junc*ti"val (?) , a. (Anat.) Situated under the conjunctiva.
Subconscious <Xpage=1432>
Sub*con"scious (?) , a. 1. Occurring without the possibility or the fact of an attendant consciousness; -- said of states of the soul.
2. Partially conscious; feebly conscious.
Subconstellation <Xpage=1432>
Sub*con`stel*la"tion (?) , n. (Astron.) A subordinate constellation.
Sir T. Browne.
Subcontract <Xpage=1432>
Sub*con"tract (?) , n. A contract under, or subordinate to, a previous contract.
Subcontracted <Xpage=1432>
Sub`con*tract"ed (?) , a. 1. Contracted after a former contract.
2. Betrothed for the second time. [Obs.]
Shak.
Subcontractor <Xpage=1432>
Sub`con*tract"or (?) , n. One who takes a portion of a contract, as for work, from the principal contractor.
Subcontrary <Xpage=1432>
Sub*con"tra*ry (?) , a. 1. Contrary in an inferior degree.
2. (Geom.) Having, or being in, a contrary order; -- said of a section of an oblique cone having a circular base made by a plane not parallel to the base, but so inclined to the axis that the section is a circle; applied also to two similar triangles when so placed as to have a common angle at the vertex, the opposite sides not being parallel.
Brande & C.
3. (Logic) Denoting the relation of opposition between the particular affirmative and particular negative . Of these both may be true and only one can be false.
Subcontrary <Xpage=1432>
Sub*con"tra*ry , n. ; pl. Subcontraries (<?/) . (Logic) A subcontrary proposition; a proposition inferior or contrary in a lower degree.
Subcoracoid <Xpage=1432>
Sub*cor"a*coid (?) , a. (Anat.) Situated under the coracoid process of the scapula; as, the subcoracoid dislocation of the humerus .
Subcordate <Xpage=1432>
Sub*cor"date (?) , a. Somewhat cordate; somewhat like a heart in shape.
Subcorneous <Xpage=1432>
Sub*cor"ne*ous (?) , a. (Anat.) (a) Situated under a horny part or layer. (b) Partially horny.
Subcostal <Xpage=1432>
Sub*cos"tal (?) , a. (Anat. & Zo\'94l.) Situated below the costas, or ribs; as, the subcostal muscles .
&hand; The subcostal muscles are distinct from, and within, the intercostal .
Subcostal <Xpage=1432>
Sub*cos"tal , n. 1. (Anat.) A subcostal muscle.
2. (Zo\'94l.) One of the principal nervures of the wings of an insect. It is situated next beneath or behind the costal. See Nervure .
Subcranial <Xpage=1432>
Sub*cra"ni*al (?) , a. (Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the cranium; facial.
Subcrustaceous <Xpage=1432>
Sub`crus*ta"ceous (?) , a. Occurring beneath a crust or scab; as, a subcrustaceous cicatrization .
Subcrystalline <Xpage=1432>
Sub*crys"tal*line (?) , a. Imperfectly crystallized.
Subcultrate, Subcultrated <Xpage=1432>
Sub*cul"trate (?) , Sub*cul"tra*ted (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Having a form resembling that of a colter, or straight on one side and curved on the other.
Subcutaneous <Xpage=1432>
Sub`cu*ta"ne*ous (?) , a. Situated under the skin; hypodermic. -- Sub`cu*ta"ne*ous*ly , adv.
Subcutaneous operation (Surg.) , an operation performed without opening that part of the skin opposite to, or over, the internal section. <-- subcutaneous injection, (Med) an injection method in which the injected liquid is delivered directly under the skin, as contrasted with intramuscular or intravenous injection. Also called subdermal injection. -->
Subcuticular <Xpage=1432>
Sub`cu*tic"u*lar (?) , a. (Anat.) Situated under the cuticle, or scarfskin.
Subcylindrical, Subcylindric <Xpage=1432>
Sub`cy*lin"dric*al (?) , Sub`cy*lin"dric (?) , a. Imperfectly cylindrical; approximately cylindrical.
Subdeacon <Xpage=1432>
Sub*dea"con (?) , n. [Pref. sub- + deacon : cf. L. subdiaconus .] (Eccl.) One belonging to an order in the Roman Catholic Church, next interior to the order of deacons; also, a member of a minor order in the Greek Church.
Subdeaconry, Subdeaconship <Xpage=1432>
Sub*dea"con*ry (?) , Sub*dea"con*ship , n. (Eccl.) The order or office of subdeacon.
Subdean <Xpage=1432>
Sub"dean` (?) , n. [Pref. sub- + dean : cf. F. sousdoyen .] An under dean; the deputy or substitute of a dean.
Ayliffe.
Subdeanery <Xpage=1432>
Sub*dean"er*y (?) , n. Office or rank of subdean.
Subdecanal <Xpage=1432>
Sub*dec"a*nal (?) , a. Of or pertaining to a subdean or subdeanery.
Subdecuple <Xpage=1432>
Sub*dec"u*ple (?) , a. Containing one part of ten.
Subdelegate <Xpage=1432>
Sub*del"e*gate (?) , n. A subordinate delegate, or one with inferior powers.
Subdelegate <Xpage=1432>
Sub*del"e*gate (?) , v. t. To appoint to act as subdelegate, or as a subordinate; to depete.
Subdented <Xpage=1432>
Sub*dent"ed (?) , a. Indented beneath.
Subdepartment <Xpage=1432>
Sub`de*part"ment (?) , n. A subordinate department; a bureau. See the Note under Bureau .
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Subdeposit <Xpage=1433>
Sub`de*pos"it (?) , n. That which is deposited beneath something else.
Subderisorious <Xpage=1433>
Sub`der*i*so"ri*ous (?) , a. [Pref. sub- + L. derisorius . See Derisory .] Ridiculing with moderation. [R.]
Dr. H. More.
Subderivative <Xpage=1433>
Sub`de*riv"a*tive (?) , n. A word derived from a derivative, and not directly from the root; as, "friendliness" is a subderivative , being derived from "friendly", which is in turn a derivative from "friend."
Subdiaconate <Xpage=1433>
Sub`di*ac"o*nate (?) , a. Of or pertaining to a subdeacon, or to the office or rank of a subdeacon.
Subdiaconate <Xpage=1433>
Sub`di*ac"o*nate , n. The office or rank of a subdeacon.
Subdial <Xpage=1433>
Sub*di"al (?) , a. [L. subdialis in the open air.] Of or pertaining to the open air; being under the open sky. [R.]
N. Bacon.
Subdialect <Xpage=1433>
Sub*di"a*lect (?) , n. A subordinate dialect.
Subdichotomy <Xpage=1433>
Sub`di*chot"o*my (?) , n. A subordinate, or inferior, division into parts; a subdivision. [R.]
Many subdichatomies of petty schisms. Milton.
Subdilated <Xpage=1433>
Sub`di*lat"ed (?) , a. Partially dilated.
Subdititious <Xpage=1433>
Sub`di*ti"tious (?) , a. [L. subdititius , subditicius , fr. subdere to substitute.] Put secretly in the place of something else; foisted in. [R.]
Subdiversify <Xpage=1433>
Sub`di*ver"si*fy (?) , v. t. To diversify aggain what is already diversified. [R.]
Sir M. Hale.
Subdivide <Xpage=1433>
Sub`di*vide" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Subdivided (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Subdividing .] [L. subdividere , sub under + dividere to divide. See Divide .] To divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to part into smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already been divided.
The progenies of Cham and Japhet swarmed into colonies, and those colonies were subdivided into many others. Dryden.
Subdivide <Xpage=1433>
Sub`di*vide" , v. i. To be, or to become, subdivided.
Subdivine <Xpage=1433>
Sub`di*vine" (?) , a. Partaking of divinity; divine in a partial or lower degree.
Bp. Hall.
Subdivisible <Xpage=1433>
Sub`di*vis"i*ble (?) , a. Susceptible of subdivision.
Subdivision <Xpage=1433>
Sub`di*vi"sion (?) , n. [L. subdivisio : cf. F. subdivision .] 1. The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts.
2. A part of a thing made by subdividing.
In the decimal table, the subdivision of the cubit, as span, palm, and digit, are deduced from the shorter cubit. Arbuthnot.
Subdolous <Xpage=1433>
Sub"do*lous (?) , a. [L. subdolus , sub + dolus deceit.] Sly; crafty; cunning; artful. [R.]
Subdominant <Xpage=1433>
Sub*dom"i*nant (?) , n. (Mus.) The fourth tone above, or fifth below, the tonic; -- so called as being under the dominant.
Subduable <Xpage=1433>
Sub*du"a*ble (?) , a. Able to be subdued.
Subdual <Xpage=1433>
Sub*du"al (?) , n. Act of subduing.
Bp. Warburton.
Subduce, Subduct <Xpage=1433>
Sub*duce" (?) , Sub*duct" (?) , v. t. [L. subducere , subductum ; sub under + ducere to lead, to draw. See Duke , and cf. Subdue .] 1. To withdraw; to take away.
Milton.
2. To subtract by arithmetical operation; to deduct.
If, out of that infinite multitude of antecedent generations, we should subduce ten. Sir M. Hale.
Subduction <Xpage=1433>
Sub*duc"tion (?) , n. [L. subductio .] 1. The act of subducting or taking away.
Bp. Hall.
2. Arithmetical subtraction.
Sir M. Hale.
Subdue <Xpage=1433>
Sub*due" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Subdued (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Subduing .] [OE. soduen , OF. sosduire to seduce, L. subtus below (fr. sub under) + ducere to lead. See Duke , and cf. Subduct .] 1. To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish.
I will subdue all thine enemies. 1 Chron. xvii. 10.
2. To overpower so as to disable from further resistance; to crush.
Nothing could have subdued nature To such a lowness, but his unkind daughters. Shak.
If aught . . . were worthy to subdue The soul of man. Milton.
3. To destroy the force of; to overcome; as, medicines subdue a fever .
4. To render submissive; to bring under command; to reduce to mildness or obedience; to tame; as, to subdue a stubborn child; to subdue the temper or passions .
5. To overcome, as by persuasion or other mild means; as, to subdue opposition by argument or entreaties .
6. To reduce to tenderness; to melt; to soften; as, to subdue ferocity by tears .
7. To make mellow; to break, as land; also, to destroy, as weeds.