Webster's Dictionary 1828

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SUBMERSED

SUBMERS'ED, a. submers'. [L. submersus.] Being or growing under water, as the leaves of aquatic plants.

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SUBMERSION

SUBMER'SION, noun [Latin submersus.]1. The act of putting under water or causing to be overflowed; as the submersion of an isle or tract of land.2. The act of plunging under wat...

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SUBMINISTER

SUBMIN'ISTERSUBMIN'ISTRANT, adjective Subservient; serving in subordination. [Not in use.]

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SUBMINISTRANT

SUBMIN'ISTRANT, a. Subservient; serving in subordination. [Not in use.]

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SUBMINISTRATE

SUBMIN'ISTRATE, verb transitive [Latin subministro; sub and ministro.]To supply; to afford. [Not in use.]SUBMIN'ISTER, verb intransitive To subserve; to be useful to.Our passion...

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SUBMINISTRATION

SUBMINISTRA'TION, noun The act of furnishing or supplying. [Not in use.]

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SUBMISS

SUBMISS', adjective [Latin submissus, submitto.] Submissive; humble; obsequious. [Rarely used, and in poetry only.]

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SUBMISSION

SUBMIS'SION, noun [Latin submissio, from submitto.]1. The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or gover...

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SUBMISSIVE

SUBMISS'IVE, adjective Yielding to the will or power of another; obedient.1. Humble; acknowledging one's inferiority; testifying one's submission.Her at his feet submissive in d...

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SUBMISSIVELY

SUBMISS'IVELY, adverb With submission; with acknowledgment of inferiority; humbly.The goddess,Soft in her tone, submissively replies.

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SUBMISSIVENESS

SUBMISS'IVENESS, noun A submissive temper or disposition.1. Humbleness; acknowledgment of inferiority.2. Confession of fault.Frailty gets pardon by submissiveness

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SUBMISSLY

SUBMISS'LY, adverb Humbly; with submission. [Little used.]

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SUBMISSNESS

SUBMISS'NESS, noun Humbleness; obedience. [Little used.]

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SUBMIT

SUBMIT', verb transitive [Latin submitto; sub, under, and mitto, to send.]1. To let down; to cause to sink or lower.Sometimes the hill submits itself a while.[This use of the wo...

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SUBMITTED

SUBMIT'TED, participle passive Surrendered; resigned; yielded; referred.

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SUBMITTER

SUBMIT'TER, noun One who submits.

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SUBMITTING

SUBMIT'TING, participle present tense Surrendering; resigning; yielding; referring to another for decision.

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SUBMULTIPLE

SUBMUL'TIPLE, noun [See Multiply.] A number or quantity which is contained in another a certain number of times, or is an aliquot part of it. Thus 7 is the submultiple of 56, be...

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SUBNASCENT

SUBNAS'CENT, adjective [Latin sub and nascor.] Growing underneath.

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SUBNECT

SUBNECT', verb transitive [Latin subnecto.] To tie, buckle or fasten beneath. [Not in use.]

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SUBNORMAL

SUBNOR'MAL, noun [Latin sub and norma, a rule.] A subperpendicular, or a line under the perpendicular to a curve.

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SUBNUDE

SUBNU'DE, adjective [Latin sub and nudus, naked.] In botany, almost naked or bare of leaves.

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SUBOBSCURELY

SUBOBSCU'RELY, adverb Somewhat obscurely or darkly.

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SUBOCCIPITAL

SUBOCCIP'ITAL, adjective Being under the occiput; as the suboccipital nerves.

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SUBOCTAVE

SUBOC'TAVESUBOC'TUPLE, adjective [Latin sub and octavus or octuple.] Containing onepart of eight.

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SUBOCULAR

SUBOC'ULAR, adjective [Latin sub and oculus.] Being under the eye.

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SUBORBICULAR

SUBORBIC'ULARSUBORBIC'ULATE, adjective [Latin sub and orbiculatus.] Almost orbiculate or orbicular; nearly circular.