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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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Sub-ûr'bi-cā'ri-an or Sub-ûr'bi-ca-ry, a. p. 1320Being in the suburbs; — applied to the provinces of Italy which composed the ancient diocese of Rome. “The pope having stretched his authority beyond the bounds of his suburbicarian precincts.”…Sŭb'va-rī'e-ty, n. p. 1320A subordinate variety, or division of a variety.Sub-vēne', v. i. p. 1320To come under, or happen. A future state must need subvene to prevent the whole edifice from falling into ruin. Warburton.Sŭb'ven-tā'ne-oŭs, a. p. 1320Addle; windy. [Obs.] Browne.Sub-vĕn'tion, n. p. 1320The act of coming under. 2. The act of coming to relief; support; aid; assistance; help. [Rare.] Spenser. 3. A government aid or bounty.Sub-vẽrse', v. t. p. 1320To subvert. [Obs.] Spenser.Sub-vẽr'sion, n. p. 1320The act of overthrowing, or the state of being overthrown; entire overthrow; an overthrow of the foundation; utter ruin; as, the subversion of a government or state; the subversion of despotic power…Sub-vẽr'sion-a-ry, a. p. 1320Promoting destruction.Sub-vẽr'sĭve, a. p. 1320Tending to subvert; having a tendency to overthrow and ruin. Lying is a vice subversive of the very ends and design of conversation. Rogers.Sub-vẽrt', v. t. p. 1320To overthrow from the foundation; to overturn; to ruin utterly. This would subvert the principles of all knowledge. Locke. 2. To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to…Sub-vẽrt', v. i. p. 1320To overthrow any thing from the foundation; to be subversive. They have a power given to them like that of the evil principle, to subvert and destroy. Burke.Sub-vẽrt'er, n. p. 1320One who subverts; an overthrower.Sub-vẽrt'i-ble, a. p. 1320Capable of being subverted.Sŭb-vī'tal-īzed, a. p. 1320Imperfectly vitalized; having naturally but little vital power or energy.Sŭb-wāy', n. p. 1320An underground way. Simmonds.Sŭb-work'er, n. p. 1320A subordinate worker or helper. South.Sūc'cādes, n. pl. p. 1320Candied fruits, or those preserved in sirup; sweetmeats. [Obs. and rare.] De Foe.Sŭc'ce-dāne, n. p. 1320A succedaneum. [Obs.] Holland.Sŭc'ce-dā'ne-oŭs, a. p. 1320Pertaining to, or acting as, a succedaneum; supplying the place of something else; being, or employed as, a substitute.Sŭc'ce-dā'ne-ŭm, n. p. 1320One who succeeds to the place of another; that which is used for something else; a substitute. In lieu of me, you will have a very charming succedaneum, Lady Harriet Stanhope. H. Walpole.Suc-ceed′, v. t. p. 1320To follow in order; to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne. 2. To come after; to be subsequent or consequent; to follow; to pursue. Those destructive…Suc-ceed’, v. i. p. 1320To come next in order. Not another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate. Shak. 2. To come in the place of another; to follow afterward. Enjoy till I return Short pleasures; for long woes are…Suc-ceed'ant, a. p. 1320(Her.) Succeeding one another; following.Suc-ceed'er, n. p. 1320One who succeeds; one who follows or comes in the place of another; a successor. [Rare.]Suc-cĕn′tor, n. p. 1320(Mus.) A person who sings the base in a concert.Sŭc'cen-tū'ri-āte, v. t. or i. p. 1320To receive recruits, or as recruits; to supply soldiers for the missing; to recruit. [Obs. or rare.]Suc-cĕss’, n. p. 1320The act of succeeding, or the state of having succeeded; the favorable or prosperous termination of any thing attempted; the attainment of a proposed object; prosperous issue. “Dreams of success and…Sŭc'ces-sa-ry, n. p. 1320Succession. [Obs.] “Honors not derived from successary.” Beau. & Fl.Suc-cess'ful, a. p. 1320Resulting in, assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; happy; as, a successful application of medicine; a…Suc-cĕss'ful-ly, adv. p. 1320In a successful manner; with a favorable termination of what is attempted; prosperously; favorably. “A reformation successfully carried on.” Swift.Suc-cĕss'ful-ness, n. p. 1320The condition of being successful; prosperous conclusion; favorable event; success.Suc-çĕs'sion, n. p. 1320The act of succeeding or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; consecution; sequence. 2. A series of persons or things according to…Suc-çĕs'sion-al, a. p. 1320Pertaining to, or existing in, a regular order, or succession; consecutive. “Successional teeth.” R. Owen.Suc-çĕs'sion-al-ly, adv. p. 1320In a successional manner.Suc-çĕs'sion-ĭst, n. p. 1320A person who insists on the importance of a regular succession of events, offices, and the like; especially, one who regards only that priesthood as valid which can be traced in a direct line of…Suc-çĕs'sive, a. p. 1320Following in order or uninterrupted course; coming after without interruption or interval; as, the successive revolutions of years or ages; the successive kings of Egypt. Send the successive ills…Suc-çĕs'sive-ly, adv. p. 1320In a successive manner; in a series or order. The whiteness, at length, changed successively into blue, indigo, and violet. Newton. 2. Successfully; hence, fully; completely; entirely. [Obs.]Suc-çĕs'sive-ness, n. p. 1320The state of being successive.Suc-çĕss'less, a. p. 1320Having no success; unprosperous; unfortunate; failing to accomplish what was intended. Successless all her soft caresses prove. Pope. Best tempered steel successless proved in field. Philips.Suc-çĕss'less-ly, adv. p. 1320In a successless manner; without success.Suc-çĕss'less-ness, n. p. 1320The state or quality of being successless; unprosperous conclusion. [Rare.]Suc-çĕs'sor, n. p. 1320One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character;—correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king. A gift to a…Suc-çid'ū-oŭs, a. p. 1320Ready to fall; falling. [Rare.]Suc-çĭf'er-oŭs, a. p. 1320Producing or conveying sap.Sŭc'çi-nate, n. p. 1320(Chem.) A salt formed by the union of succinic acid and a base.Sŭc'çi-nā'ted, a. p. 1320(Chem.) Combined with, or containing, succinic acid.Suc-çĭnct', a. p. 1320Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together. [Rare.] His habit fit for speed succinct. Milton. 2. Compressed into a narrow compass; short; brief; concise. Let all your precepts be succinct and…Suc-çĭnct'ly, adv. p. 1320In a succinct manner; briefly; concisely; as, the facts were succinctly stated.Suc-çĭnct'ness, n. p. 1320The state or quality of being succinct; brevity; conciseness; as, the succinctness of a narration.Suc-cin'ic, a. p. 1321(Chem.) Of, or pertaining to, amber; drawn from amber; as, succinic acid.Sŭc'çi-nite, n. p. 1321(Min.) A garnet of an amber color. Dana.Sŭc'çi-nōus, a. p. 1321Of, pertaining to, or resembling, amber.Suc-ci'sion, n. p. 1321The act of cutting down, as of trees; the act of cutting off. [Obs.] Bacon.Sŭc'cor, v. t. p. 1321To run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; as, to succor a besieged city. [Written also succour.] He is able…Sŭc'cor, n. p. 1321Aid; help; assistance; especially, assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress. My father Flying for succor to his servant Bannister. Shak. 2. The person or thing that…Sŭc'cor-a-ble, a. p. 1321Capable of being succored or assisted; admitting of relief.Sŭc'cor-er, n. p. 1321One who affords succor; a helper; a deliverer.Sŭc'cor-less, a. p. 1321Destitute of succor; helpless; without relief. Thomson.Sŭe'co-ry, n. p. 1321(Bot.) A plant of the genus Cichorium; chiccory. See CHICCORY.Sŭc'co-tāsh, n. p. 1321Green maize and beans boiled together. The dish, as well as the name, is borrowed from the native Indians. [U. S.]