Webster's Dictionary 1828

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SUBLET

SUBLET, verb transitive [sub and let.] To underlet; to lease, as a lessee to another person. [Unusual.]

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SUBLEVATION

SUBLEVATION, noun [Latin] The act of raising on high.

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SUBLIEUTENANT

SUBLIEUTENANT, noun An officer in the royal regiment of artillery and fusileers, in which are no ensigns, and who is the same as second lieutenant.

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SUBLIGATION

SUBLIGATION, noun [Latin, sub and ligo, to bind.] The act of binding underneath.

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SUBLIMABLE

SUBLIMABLE, adjective [from sublime.] That may be sublimated; capable of being raised by heat into vapor, and again condensed by cold.

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SUBLIMABLENESS

SUBLIMABLENESS, noun The quality of being sublimable.

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SUBLIMATE

SUBLIMATE, verb transitive [from sublime.]1. To bring a solid substance, as camphor or sulphur, into the state of vapor by heat, which on cooling, returns again to the solid sta...

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SUBLIMATED

SUBLIMATED, participle passive Brought into a state of vapor by heat, as a solid substance; refined.

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SUBLIMATING

SUBLIMATING, participle present tense Converting into the state of vapor by heat, and condensing; as solid substances.

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SUBLIMATION

SUBLIMATION, noun1. The operation of bringing a solid substance into the state of vapor by heat, and condensing it again into a solid by cold. sublimation bears the same relatio...

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SUBLIME

SUBLI'ME, adjective [Latin sublimis.]1. High in place; exalted aloft.Sublime on these a tow'r of steel is rear'd.2. High in excellence; exalted by nature; elevated.Can it be tha...

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SUBLIMED

SUBLI'MED, participle passive Brought into a state of vapor by heat, and when cooled, changed to a solid state.

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SUBLIMELY

SUBLI'MELY, adverb With elevated conceptions; loftily; as, to express one's self sublimelyIn English lays, and all sublimely great,Thy Homer charms with all his ancient heat.

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SUBLIMENESS

SUBLI'MENESS, noun Loftiness of style or sentiment; sublimity.

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SUBLIMING

SUBLI'MING, participle present tense Sublimating; exalting.

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SUBLIMITY

SUBLIM'ITY, noun [Latin sublimitas.]1. Elevation of place; lofty highth.2. Highth in excellence; loftiness of nature or character;moral grandeur; as God's incomprehensible subli...

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SUBLINGUAL

SUBLIN'GUAL, adjective [Latin sub and lingua, the tongue.]Situated under the tongue; as the sublingual glands.

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SUBLUNAR

SUBLU'NARSUB'LUNARY, adjective [Latin sub and luna, the moon.] Literally, beneath the moon, but sublunary, which is the word chiefly used, denotes merely terrestrial, earthly, p...

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SUBLUNARY

SUB'LUNARY, a. [L. sub and luna, the moon.] Literally, beneath the moon, but sublunary, which is the word chiefly used, denotes merely terrestrial, earthly, pertaining to this w...

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SUBLUXATION

SUBLUXA'TION, noun [sub and luxation.] In surgery, a violent sprain; also, an incomplete dislocation.

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SUBMARINE

SUBMARINE, adjective [Latin sub and marinus, from mare, the sea.]Being, acting or growing under water in the sea; as submarine navigators; submarine plants.

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SUBMAXILLARY

SUBMAX'ILLARY, adjective [Latin sub and maxilla, the jaw-bone.] Situated under the jaw.The submaxillary glands are two salivatory glands, situated one on either side, immediatel...

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SUBMEDIANT

SUBME'DIANT, noun In music, the sixth note, or middle note between the octave and subdominant.

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SUBMERGE

SUBMERGE, verb transitive submerj'. [Latin submergo; sub and mergo, to plunge.]1. To put under water; to plunge.2. To cover or overflow with water; to drown.So half my Egypt was...

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SUBMERGED

SUBMERG'ED, participle passive Put under water; overflowed.

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SUBMERGING

SUBMERG'ING, participle present tense Putting under water; overflowing.

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SUBMERSE

SUBMERSESUBMERS'ED, adjective submers'. [Latin submersus.] Being or growing under water, as the leaves of aquatic plants.