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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Sŭb-mĭn'is-ter, v. t. p. 1316To supply; to afford. [Obs.] Hale.Sŭb-mĭn'is-ter, v. i. p. 1316To be subservient; to be useful. [Obs.] Our passions . . . subminister to the best and worst of purposes. L’Estrange.Sŭb-mĭn'is-trant, a. p. 1316Serving in subordination; subservient. [Obs.] Bacon.Sŭb-mĭn'is-trāte, v. t. p. 1316To supply; to afford; to subminister. [Obs.] Harvey.Sŭb-mĭn'is-trā'tion, n. p. 1316The act of furnishing or supplying. [Obs.] Wotton.Sub-miss', a. p. 1316Submissive; humble; obsequious. [Obs. or Poet.] “Submiss obedience.” Spenser. 2. Hence, gentle; soft; tender or delicate.Sub-mĭs'sion, n. p. 1316The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another; obedience. “A perfect submission to his [God’s] will in…Sub-mĭs'sĭve, a. p. 1316Inclined or ready to submit; yielding; obedient; humble. Her at his feet, submissive in distress, He thus with peaceful words upraised. Milton. Syn.—Obedient; compliant; yielding; obsequious…Sub-mĭs'sĭve-ly, adv. p. 1316In a submissive manner; with submission; with acknowledgment of inferiority; humbly.Sub-mĭs'sĭve-ness, n. p. 1316The quality or the condition of being submissive; humbleness; dependence; penitence. Frailty gets pardon by submissiveness. Herbert.Sub-mĭss'ly, adv. p. 1316With submission; submissively. [Obs. and rare.] Bp. Taylor.Sub-mĭss'ness, n. p. 1316Submissiveness. [Obs.]Sub-mĭt', v. t. p. 1316To let down; to cause to sink or lower. [Obs.] Sometimes the hill submits itself a while. Dryden. 2. To put or place under. [Obs. and rare.] The bristled throat Of the submitted sacrifice with…Sub-mĭt', v. i. p. 1316To yield one’s person to the power of another; to give up resistance; to surrender. The revolted provinces presently submitted. Middleton. 2. To yield one’s opinion to the opinion or authority of…Sub-mĭt'ter, n. p. 1316One who submits.Sub-mŏn'ish, v. t. p. 1316To suggest; to prompt; to remind. [Rare.] Granger.Sŭb'mo-nĭ'tion, n. p. 1316Suggestion. [Rare.] Granger.Sŭb-mū'coŭs, a. p. 1316(Anat.) Situated under a mucous membrane; pertaining to the parts under a mucous membrane. Dunglison.Sŭb-mŭl'ti-ple, n. p. 1316(Math.) A number or quantity which is contained in another an exact number of times, or is an aliquot part of it; thus, 7 is the submultiple of 56, being contained in it eight times.Sŭb-mŭl'ti-ple, a. p. 1316Of, pertaining to, or being, a submultiple; as, a submultiple number; submultiple ratio.Sŭb-mŭs'cu-lar, a. p. 1316Underneath the muscles; of, or pertaining to, the parts under a muscle, or muscular layer. Dunglison.Sŭb'nar-cōt'ic, a. p. 1317Moderately narcotic. Barton.Sŭb-năs'cent, a. p. 1317Growing underneath.Sŭb-nēct', v. t. p. 1317To tie, buckle, or fasten beneath. [Rare.] Pope.Sŭb-nĕx', v. t. p. 1317To subjoin; to subnect. [Obs.] Holland.Sŭb-nôr'mal, n. p. 1317(Geom.) That part of the axis of a curve line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal.Sŭb-no-tā'tion, n. p. 1317The decision or answer of a prince in respect to some obscure or doubtful point of law, as in answer to the question or request of private citizens. Bouvier.Sŭb-nūde', a. p. 1317(Bot.) Almost naked or bare of leaves. Lee.Sŭb-nū'vo-lar, a. p. 1317Under the clouds; attended or partially covered or obscured by clouds; somewhat cloudy. Subnuvolar lights of evening sharply slant. Milnes.Sŭb’ob-sēure’ly, adv. p. 1317Somewhat obscurely or darkly. [Rare.] Donne.Sŭb'ob-tūse', a. p. 1317Partially obtuse.Sŭb'ōc-cip'i-tal, a. p. 1317Being under the occiput; as, the suboccipital nerves.Sŭb-ōc'tave or Sŭb-ōc'tu-ple, a. p. 1317Containing one part of eight; being in the ratio of one to eight. Wilkins.Sŭb-ōc'ū-lar, a. p. 1317Being under the eye. Barrow.Sŭb-ŏf'fi-cer, n. p. 1317An under or subordinate officer.Sŭb'/o-pĕr'eu-lar, a. p. 1317(Ichth.) Of, or pertaining to, the part of the operculum situated next below the second part, counting downward. See OPERCULAR.Sŭb'or-bĭc'u-lar or Sŭb'or-bĭc'u-late, a. p. 1317Almost orbiculate or orbicular; nearly circular.Sŭb-ôr'bi-tar, a. p. 1317(Anat.) Situated beneath the orbitar, or orbital cavity, or pertaining to the parts there situated. Dunglison.Sub-ôr'der, n. p. 1317A subdivision in an order.Sub-ōr'di-na-cy, n. p. 1317The state of being subordinate, or subject to control; as, to bring the imagination to act in subordinacy to reason. Spectator. 2. Series of subordination; a descending series. [Rare.] Sir W. Temple.Sub-ōr'di-nance or Sub-ōr'di-nan-cy, n. p. 1317Subordinacy. [Obs.]Sub-ôr'di-nate, a. p. 1317Placed in a lower class or rank; holding a lower position. The several kinds and subordinate species of each are easily distinguished. Woodward. 2. Inferior in order, in nature, in dignity, in power…Sub-ôr'di-nate, n. p. 1317One who stands in order or rank below another. Milton.Sub-ôr'di-nāte, v. t. p. 1317To place in a lower order; to make, or consider as, of less value or importance; as, to subordinate one creature to another. 2. To make subject; to subject or subdue; as, to subordinate the passions…Sub-ôr'di-nate-ly, adv. p. 1317In a subordinate manner; in a lower rank; of inferior importance.Sub-ôr'di-nate-ness, n. p. 1317The state of being subordinate; subordination.Sub-ôr/dĭ-nā'tion, n. p. 1317The act of subordinating, placing in a lower order, or subjecting. 2. The state of being inferior to another; inferiority of rank or dignity; subjection. “Natural creatures having a local…Sub-ôr'di-nâ'tive, a. p. 1317Tending to subordinate; expressing subordination; used, as a conjunction, to connect or introduce a subordinate sentence.Sub-ôrn′, v. t. p. 1317(Law.) To procure or cause to take a false oath amounting to perjury, such oath being actually taken. Russell. Roscoe. 2. To procure privately, or by collusion. Thou art suborned against his honor.…Sŭb'or-nā'tion, n. p. 1317(Law.) The act of suborning; the crime of procuring a person to take such a false oath as constitutes perjury. Blackstone. 2. The crime of procuring one to do a criminal or bad action. Foul…Sub-ôrn'er, n. p. 1317One who suborns; one who procures another to take a false oath, or to do a bad action.Sūb-ō'val, a. p. 1317Somewhat oval; nearly oval.Sūb-ō'vāte, a. p. 1317Nearly in the form of an egg, or of the section of an egg, but having the inferior extremity broadest; nearly ovate.Sŭb-ō'vā-ted, a. p. 1317Subovate. [Rare.]Sŭb-ōx'ide, n. p. 1317(Chem.) See Sub.Sŭb'/pel-lū'/cid, a. p. 1317Somewhat pellucid; nearly pellucid.Sub-pē'na, n. & v. t. p. 1317The same as SUBPENA, q. v.Sŭb'pen-tāŋ'gu-lar, a. p. 1317Nearly pentangular; almost pentangular; not quite pentangular.Sub-pēr'i-tō'ne-al, a. p. 1317(Anat.) Situated under the peritoneum; pertaining to the parts under the peritoneum. Dunglison.Sŭb-pĕr'pen-dĭc'ū-lar, n. p. 1317(Geom.) A subnormal. See SUBNORMAL.