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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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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.Sŭb-pĕt'ĭ-o-late, a. p. 1317(Bot.) Having a very short petiole.Sub-pœ'nā, n. p. 1317(Law.) A writ commanding the attendance in court of the person on whom it is served, as a witness, &c., under a penalty; the process by which a defendant in equity is commanded to appear and answer…Sub-pœ'na, v. t. p. 1317(Law.) To serve with a writ of subpœna; to command attendance in court by a legal writ, under a penalty in case of disobedience.Sŭb-pō'lar, a. p. 1317Below the poles; on the lower meridian.Sŭb'po-lŷg'o-nal, a. p. 1317Approximately polygonal; somewhat or almost polygonal.Sŭb-pôr'phy-rīt'ic, a. p. 1317(Geol.) Allied to porphyritic, but containing smaller and less distinctly marked points or crystals.Sŭb'pre-hēn'sile, a. p. 1317Somewhat prehensile; prehensile in an inferior degree.Sūb-prī'or, n. p. 1317(Eccl.) The vicegerent of a prior; a claustral officer who assists the prior.Sŭb-pŭr'cha-ser, n. p. 1317A purchaser who buys from a purchaser; one who buys at second hand.Sŭb-quād'rate, a. p. 1317Nearly square; almost square.Sŭb-quād'ru-ple, a. p. 1317Containing one part to four; as, subquadruple proportion.Sŭb-quīn'que-fīd, a. p. 1317Almost quinquefid; nearly quinquefid.Sŭb-quīnʹtu-ple, a. p. 1317Containing one part to five; in the ratio of one to five; as, subquintuple proportion.Sūb'ra-mōse' or Sub-rā'mous, a. p. 1317(Bot.) Having few branches.Sŭb-rēad’er, n. p. 1317(Law.) An under reader in the inns of court, who reads the texts of law the reader is to discourse upon. Crabb.Sŭb-rĕc'tor, n. p. 1317A rector's deputy or substitute.Sub-rēp'tion, n. p. 1317The act of obtaining a favor by surprise or unfair representation, that is, by suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts. Bp. Hall.Sŭb'rep-tĭ'tiŏŭs, a. p. 1317Falsely crept in; fraudulently obtained; surreptitious. [Obs.]Sŭb'rep-tĭ'tiōŭs-ly, adv. p. 1317By falsehood, fraud, or stealth; surreptitiously. [Obs.]Sub-rĕp'tĭve, a. p. 1317Surreptitious. [Obs.]Sŭb-rĭg'id, a. p. 1317Somewhat rigid; stiff.Sub-rĭg'ū-ōs, a. p. 1317Watered or wet beneath; well watered. [Obs.] Blount.Sŭb'ro-gāte, v. t. p. 1317To put in the place of another. [Obs.] See SURROGATE.Sŭb'/ro-gā'tion, n. p. 1317(Civil & American Law.) The substitution of one person in the place of another, and giving him his rights; the mode by which a third person who pays a creditor succeeds to his rights against the…Sŭb'/ro-tūnd’, a. p. 1317Almost round; almost orbicular.Sŭb'sa-līne' or Sŭb-sā'līne, a. p. 1317Moderately saline or salt.Sŭb'salt, n. p. 1317(Chem.) (a.) An oxysalt containing a less number of equivalents of the acid than of the base, or in which the latter is a suboxide. (b.) A haloid salt, or analogous compound, in which the number of…Sŭb/san-nā'tion, n. p. 1317Derision; scorn. [Obs.] More.Sūb-scāp'ū-lar, a. p. 1317Sŭb-scap'ū-la-ry p. 1317Beneath the scapula; as, the subscapular muscle; the subscapular artery.Sub-scrib'a-ble, a. p. 1317Capable of being subscribed.Sub-scrībe', v. t. p. 1317To write underneath; to sign with one's own hand; to give consent to, as something written, or to bind one's self by writing one's name beneath; as, parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man…Sub-scrībe', v. t. p. 1317To give consent to something written, by signing one's name; hence, to assent; to agree; — with to; as, he subscribed to this opinion. So spake, so wished, much humbled Eve; but Fate Subscribed not.…Sub-scrīb'er, n. p. 1317One who subscribes; one who contributes to an undertaking by subscribing. 2. One who enters his name for a paper, book, map, and the like.Sūb'script, n. p. 1317Any thing underwritten. Bentley.Sŭb'script, a. p. 1317Written below or underneath.Sub-scrip'tion, n. p. 1317The act of subscribing. 2. That which is subscribed; as, (a.) A paper to which a signature is attached. (b.) The signature attached to a paper. (c.) Consent or attestation given by underwriting the…Sŭb-sĕc'tion, n. p. 1317The part or division of a section; a subdivision; the section of a section.Sŭb'se-cūte, v. t. p. 1317To follow closely, or so as to overtake; to pursue. [Obs.] “To follow and detain him, if by any possibility he could be subsecuted and overtaken.” [Obs.] J. Hall.Sŭb-sĕc'ū-tīve, a. p. 1317Following in a train or succession. [Rare.]Sub-sĕl'li-ŭm, n. p. 1317(Eccl. Arch.) A small shelving seat in the stalls of churches or cathedrals, used either as a seat or as a form to kneel on; — called also miserere. Fosbroke.Sŭb-sēm’i-tōne, n. p. 1317(Mus.) The leading note, or sharp seventh, of any key; sub-tonic.Sŭb-sĕp'tu-ple, a. p. 1317Containing one of seven parts; in the ratio of one to seven.Sŭb'se-quence or Sŭb'se-quen-cy, n. p. 1317The state of being subsequent, or of coming after something.