Webster's Dictionary 1913

10882

Subact

Sub‐act″ (?), v. t. [L. subactus, p. p. of subigere to subdue; sub under + agere to lead, bring.] To reduce; to subdue. Bacon.

10883

Subaction

Sub‐ac″tion (?), n. [Cf. L. subactio a working up, discipline.] The act of reducing to any state, as of mixing two bodies combletely. Bacon.

10884

Subacute

Sub′a‐cute″ (?), a. Moderalely acute.

10885

Subaduncate

Sub′a‐dun″cate (?), a.(Zoöl.) Somewhat hooked or curved.

10886

Subadvocate

Sub‐ad″vo‐cate (?), n. An under or subordinate advocate.

10887

Subaërial

Sub′a‐ë″ri‐al (?), a. Beneath the sky; in the open air; specifically (Geol.), taking place on the earth's surface, as opposed to subaqueous.

10888

Subagency

Sub‐a″gen‐cy (?), n. A subordinate agency.

10889

Subagent

Sub‐a″gent (?), n.(Law) A person employed by an agent to transact the whole, or a part, of the business intrusted to the latter. Bouvier. Chitty.

10890

Subagitation

Sub‐ag′i‐ta″tion (?), n. [L. subagitatio, fr. subagitare to lie with illicity.] Unlawful sexual intercourse.

10891

Subah

‖Su″bah (so͞o″bȧ), n. [Per. & Hind. sūbah.] A province; a government, as of a viceroy; also, a subahdar.

10892

Subahdar

Su″bah‐dar (?), n. [Per. & Hind. sūbah-dār, Per. sūbah a province + dār holding, keeping.] A viceroy; a governor of a subah; also, a native captain in the British native army.

10893

Subahdary

{ Su″bah‐dar′y (?), Su″bah‐ship (?), } n. The office or jurisdiction of a subahdar.

10894

Subaid

Sub‐aid″ (?), v. t. To aid secretly; to assist in a private manner, or indirectly. Daniel.

10895

Subalmoner

Sub‐al″mon‐er (?), n. An under almoner.

10896

Subalpine

Sub‐al″pine (?), a. [L. subalpinus.] (Bot. & Zoöl.) Inhabiting the somewhat high slopes and summits of mountains, but considerably below the snow line.

10897

Subaltern

Sub‐al″tern (?), a. [F. subalterne, LL. subalternus, fr. L. sub under + alter the one, the other of two. See Alter.] 1. Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior; specifical...

10898

Subaltern (2)

Sub‐al″tern (?), n. 1. A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain.2. (Logic) A subaltern proposition. Whately.

10899

Subalternant

Sub′al‐ter″nant (?), n.(Logic) A universal proposition. See Subaltern, 2. Whately.

10900

Subalternate

Sub′al‐ter″nate (?), a. 1. Succeeding by turns; successive.2. Subordinate; subaltern; inferior.All their subalternate and several kinds. Evelyn.

10901

Subalternate (2)

Sub′al‐ter″nate, n.(Logic) A particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one. See Subaltern, 2.

10902

Subalternating

Sub‐al″ter‐na′ting (?), a. Subalternate; successive.

10903

Subalternation

Sub‐al″ter‐na′tion (?), n. The state of being subalternate; succession of turns; subordination.

10904

Subangular

Sub‐an″gu‐lar (?), a. Slightly angular.

10905

Subapennine

Sub‐ap″en‐nine (?), a. Under, or at the foot of, the Apennine mountains; — applied, in geology, to a series of Tertiary strata of the older Pliocene period.

10906

Subapical

Sub‐ap″ic‐al (?), a. Being under the apex; of or pertaining to the part just below the apex.

10907

Subaquaneous

Sub′a‐qua″ne‐ous (?), a. [L. subaquaneus; sub + aqua water.] Subaqueous.

10908

Subaquatic

{ Sub′a‐quat″ic (?), Sub‐a″que‐ous (?), } a. 1. Being under water, or beneath the surface of water; adapted for use under water; submarine; as, a subaqueous helmet.2. (Geol.) Fo...