SUBTILIATE
SUBTIL'IATE, verb transitive To make thin. [Not in use.]
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SUBTILIATION
SUBTILIA'TION, noun The act of making thin or rare. [Not in use.]
SUBTILITY
SUBTIL'ITY, noun Fineness.
SUBTILIZATION
SUBTILIZA'TION, noun [from subtilize.]1. The act of making subtil, fine or thin. In the laboratory, the operation of making so volatile as to rise in steam or vapor.2. Refinemen...
SUBTILIZE
SUB'TILIZE, verb transitive [Latin subtilis.]1. To make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse.2. To refine; to spin into niceties; as, to subtilize arguments.SUB'TILIZE, ve...
SUBTILLY
SUB'TILLY, adverb Thinly; not densely.1. Finely; not grossly or thickly.The opakest bodies, if subtilly divided--become perfectly transparent.2. Artfully; cunningly; craftily; a...
SUBTILNESS
SUB'TILNESS, noun Thinness; rareness; as the subtilness of air.1. Fineness; acuteness; as the subtilness of an argument.2. Cunning; artfulness; as the subtilness of a foe.
SUBTILTY
SUB'TILTY, noun [Latin subtilitas.]1. Thinness; fineness; exility; in a physical sense; as the subtilty of air or light; the subtilty of sounds.2. Refinement; extreme acuteness....
SUBTLE
SUB'TLE, adjective [See Subtil.] Sly in design; artful; cunning; insinuating; applied to persons; as a subtle foe.1. Cunningly devised; as a subtle stratagem.
SUBTLY
SUB'TLY, adverb Slyly; artfully; cunningly.Thou seest how subtly to detain thee I devise.1. Nicely; delicately.In the nice bee, what sense so subtly true.
SUBTRACT
SUBTRACT', verb transitive [Latin subtraho, subtractus; sub and traho, to draw.]To withdraw or take a part from the rest; to deduct. subtract 5 from 9, and the remainder is 4.
SUBTRACTED
SUBTRACT'ED, participle passive Withdrawn from the rest; deducted.
SUBTRACTER
SUBTRACT'ER, noun He that subtracts.1. The number to be taken from a larger number. [Not used.]
SUBTRACTING
SUBTRACT'ING, participle present tense Withdrawing from the rest; deducting.
SUBTRACTION
SUBTRAC'TION, noun [Latin subtractio.] The act or operation of taking a part from the rest.1. In arithmetic, the taking of a lesser number from a greater of the same kind or den...
SUBTRACTIVE
SUBTRACT'IVE, adjective Tending or having power to subtract.
SUBTRAHEND
SUBTRAHEND', noun In arithmetic, the sum or number to be subtracted or taken from another.
SUBTRIFID
SUBTRI'FID, adjective Slightly trifid.
SUBTRIPLE
SUBTRIP'LE, adjective [sub and triple.] Containing a third or one part of three.
SUBTRIPLICATE
SUBTRIP'LICATE, adjective In the ratio of the cubes.
SUBTUTOR
SUBTU'TOR, noun [sub and tutor.] An under tutor.
SUBULATE
SUB'ULATE, adjective [Latin subula, an awl.] In botany, shaped like an awl; awl-shaped. A subulate leaf, is linear at the bottom, but gradually tapering towards the end.
SUBURB
SUB'URBSUBURB'AN, adjective [Latin suburbanus. See Suburbs.] Inhabiting or being in the suburbs of a city.
SUBURBAN
SUBURB'AN, a. [L. suburbanus. See Suburbs.] Inhabiting or being in the suburbs of a city.
SUBURBED
SUB'URBED, adjective Bordering on a suburb; having a suburb on its out part.
SUBURBICARIAN
SUBURBICA'RIANSUBURB'ICARY, adjective [Low Latin suburbicarius.] Being in the suburbs; an epithet applied to the provinces of Italy which composed the ancient diocese of Rome.
SUBURBICARY
SUBURB'ICARY, a. [Low L. suburbicarius.] Being in the suburbs; an epithet applied to the provinces of Italy which composed the ancient diocese of Rome.