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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Suăv'i-fy, v. t. p. 1313To make affable.Sua-vĭl'o-quent, a. p. 1313Sweetly speaking; using soft and agreeable speech. [Rare.]Sua-vĭl'o-quy, n. p. 1313Sweetness of speech. [Obs.]Suăv'i-ty, n. p. 1313[Lat. suavitas, from suavis, sweet, allied to Gr. ἀδύς, ἡδύς, Eng. sweet, Skr. svādu, from svād, to taste, Fr. suavité, Pr. suavetat, Sp. suavidad, It. suavità, soavità. 1. Sweetness to the taste.…Sŭb. p. 1313A Latin preposition, denoting under or below, used in English as a prefix, to express an inferior position or intention, and also a subordinate degree, or imperfect state of a quality. Before f, g…Sūb-ăç'e-tāte, n. p. 1313(Chem.) (a.) An acetate having an excess of the base; as, subacetate of lead. (b.) A compound of acetic acid and a suboxide. Gregory.Sŭb-ăç'id, a. p. 1313Moderately acid or sour; as, a subacid juice.Sūb-ăç'id, n. p. 1313A substance moderately acid.Sŭb-ăc'rid, a. p. 1313Moderately sharp, pungent, or acrid.Sŭb-āct’, v. t. p. 1313To reduce; to subdue. [Obs.] Bacon.Sŭb-ăc'tion, n. p. 1313The act of reducing to any state, as of mixing two bodies completely, or of beating them to a powder. [Obs.] Bacon.Sūb'a-cūte', a. p. 1313Acute in a moderate degree.Sŭb-ād'vo-cate, n. p. 1313A subordinate advocate.Sŭb/a-ē'ri-al, a. p. 1313Beneath the sky, or in the open air;—opposed to submarine; as, a subaërial volcano. Dana.Sŭb-ā'gen-cy, n. p. 1313A subordinate agency.Sūb-ā'gent, n. p. 1313(Law.) A person employed by an agent to transact the whole or a part of the business intrusted to the latter. Bouvier. Chitty.Sŭb-ăg'/i-tā'tion, n. p. 1313Carnal knowledge; sexual intercourse.Sū'bah, n. p. 1313A province or viceroyship. [India.]Sū'bah-dār, n. p. 1313A viceroy, or the governor of a province; also, a native of India who ranks as captain in the European companies. [India.]Sūb-āid'ing, a. p. 1314Giving secret aid or assistance; aiding in a private manner, or indirectly.Sŭb-āl'mo-ner, n. p. 1314An under, or inferior, almoner.Sŭb-ăl'pīne, a. p. 1314Approximately alpine; belonging to a region on any high mountain next below alpine; as, sub-alpine plants. Dana.Sub-al'tern, a. p. 1314Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior; as, a subaltern officer.Sub-al'tern, n. p. 1314A person holding a subordinate position; and, specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain.Sŭb'al-tēr'nate, a. p. 1314Succeeding by turns; successive. 2. Subordinate; subaltern; inferior.Sŭb-ăl'ter-nā'tion, n. p. 1314The state of being subalternate.Sūb-ăn'gu-lar, a. p. 1314Slightly angular.Sŭb-ăp'en-nīne, a. p. 1314Under or at the foot of the Apennine mountains;—a term applied, in geology, to a series of tertiary strata of the older pliocene period. Lyell.Sŭb-ăp'en-nīnes, n. pl. p. 1314(Geog.) A series of low hills lying at the foot of the range of the Apennines, in Italy. Lyell.Sūb-āp'ic-al, a. p. 1314Under the apex; of, or pertaining to, the part just below the apex.Sŭb'a-quā'ne-oŭs, a. p. 1314Subaqueous; subaquatic. [Obs.] Blount.Sŭb'a-quăt'ic or Sŭb-ā'que-oŭs, a. p. 1314Being under water, or beneath the surface of water. 2. (Geol.) Formed in or under water; as, sub-aqueous deposits.Sŭb-ăr'cu-ā'ted, a. p. 1314Having a figure resembling that of a bow; somewhat incurvated.Sūb'ar-rā'tion, n. p. 1314The 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. Wheatly.Sūb-ārē'tic, a. p. 1314Approximately arctic; belonging to a region just below the arctic.Sŭb-ăs'tral, a. p. 1314Beneath the stars or heavens; terrestrial. Warburton.Sŭb'as-trĭn'gent, a. p. 1314Astringent in a small degree. Pilkington.Sub-aud', v. t. p. 1314To understand, or supply, in an ellipsis. [Rare.]Sŭb'au-di'tion, n. p. 1314The act of understanding something not expressed.Sŭb-ăx'il-la-ry, a. p. 1314(Anat.) Under the axilla, or armpit. 2. (Bot.) Placed under the axil, or angle, formed by the branch of a plant with the stem, or by a leaf with the branch.Sūb'-bāse, n. p. 1314Sūb'-bāss p. 1314The deepest pedal stop, or the lowest tones of an organ; the fundamental base.Sŭb-bēa'dle, n. p. 1314An inferior or under beadle.Sŭb-brā'chi-al, a. p. 1314(Ichth.) Of, pertaining to, or belonging to, the order of the subbrachians.Sŭb-brā'chi-an, n. p. 1314(Ichth.) One of an order of malacopterygious fishes, comprising those which have the ventral fins situated either immediately beneath or between, or a little in front of or behind, the pectoral fins.…Sŭb'-brīg'a-diēr', n. p. 1314(Mil.) An officer in the horse guards, who ranks as cornet. [Not used in the U. S. service.]Sūb-brō'mīde, n. p. 1314(Chem.) A haloid subsalt which contains proportionally less bromine than the bromide. See SUB.Sūb-cār'bo-nate, n. p. 1314(Chem.) A carbonate containing more than one equivalent of the base for each equivalent of carbonic acid. Gregory.Sūb-cār'bu-rēt'ed, a. p. 1314(Chem.) Consisting of a greater number of equivalents of the base than of the carbon; having the lowest or smallest proportion of carbon.Sūb-cār'ti-lāg'i-noüs, a. p. 1314Situated under or beneath the cartilages. 2. Partially cartilaginous.Sŭb-cau'dal, a. p. 1314Situated beneath the tail.Sŭb'ce-lĕs'tial, a. p. 1314Being beneath the heavens; as, sub-celestial glories.Sŭb-cĕn'tral, a. p. 1314Being under the center.Sŭb-chānt’er, n. p. 1314(Eccl.) An underchanter; a deputy of the precentor of a cathedral.Sūb-clā'vi-an, a. p. 1314(Anat.) Situated under the clavicle, or collar-bone; as, the subclavian arteries.Sŭb'com-mit'tee, n. p. 1314An under committee; a part or division of a committee.Sŭb'com-prĕssed', a. p. 1314Not fully compressed; partially or somewhat compressed.Sŭb'con-fōrm'a-ble, a. p. 1314Partially conformable.Sŭb-cŏn'ĭc-al, a. p. 1314Conical in a slight degree.Sŭb-cŏn'stel-lā'tion, n. p. 1314A subordinate constellation. Browne.