SUBSIDIARY
SUBSID'IARY, adjective [Latin subsidiarius. See Subsidy.]1. Aiding; assistant; furnishing help. subsidiary troops are troops of one nation hired by another for military service....
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SUBSIDIZE
SUB'SIDIZE, verb transitive [from subsidy.] To furnish with a subsidy; to purchase the assistance of another by the payment of a subsidy to him. Great Britain subsidized some of...
SUBSIDIZED
SUB'SIDIZED, participle passive Engaged as an auxiliary by means of a subsidy.
SUBSIDIZING
SUB'SIDIZING, participle present tense Purchasing the assistance of by subsidies.
SUBSIDY
SUB'SIDY, noun [Latin subsidium, from subsido, literally to be or sit under or by.]1. Aid in money; supply given; a tax; something furnished for aid, as by the people to their p...
SUBSIGN
SUBSIGN, verb transitive subsi'ne. [Latin subsigno; sub and signo, to sign.]To sign under; to write beneath. [Little used.]
SUBSIGNATION
SUBSIGNA'TION, noun The act of writing the name under something for attestation. [Little used.]
SUBSIST
SUBSIST', verb intransitive [Latin subsisto; sub and sisto, to stand, to be fixed.]1. To be; to have existence; applicable to matter or spirit.2. To continue; to retain the pres...
SUBSISTENCE
SUBSIST'ENCESUBSIST'ENCY, noun Real being; as a chain of differing subsistencies.Not only the things had subsistence but the very images were of some creatures existing.1. Compe...
SUBSISTENCY
SUBSIST'ENCY, n. Real being; as a chain of differing subsistencies.Not only the things had subsistence, but the very images were of some creatures existing.1. Competent provisio...
SUBSISTENT
SUBSIST'ENT, adjective [Latin subsistens.] Having real being; as a subsistent spirit.1. Inherent; as qualities subsistent in matter.
SUBSOIL
SUB'SOIL, noun [sub and soil.] The bed or stratum of earth which lies between the surface soil and the base on which they rest.
SUBSPECIES
SUBSPE'CIES, noun [sub and species.] A subordinate species; a division of a species.
SUBSTANCE
SUB'STANCE, noun [Latin substantia, substo; sub and sto, to stand.]1. In a general sense, being; something existing by itself; that which really is or exists; equally applicable...
SUBSTANTIAL
SUBSTAN'TIAL, adjective Belonging to substance; real; actually existing.If this atheist would have his chance to be a real and substantial agent, he is more stupid than the vulg...
SUBSTANTIALITY
SUBSTANTIAL'ITY, noun The state of real existence.1. Corporeity; materiality.The soul is a stranger to such gross substantiality
SUBSTANTIALLY
SUBSTAN'TIALLY, adverb In the manner of a substance; with reality of existence.In him his Father shone, substantially express'd.1. Strongly; solidly.2. Truly; solidly; really.Th...
SUBSTANTIALNESS
SUBSTAN'TIALNESS, noun The state of being substantial.1. Firmness; strength; power of holding or lasting; as the substantialness of a wall or column.
SUBSTANTIALS
SUBSTAN'TIALS, nounplural Essential parts.
SUBSTANTIATE
SUBSTAN'TIATE, verb transitive To make to exist.1. To establish by proof or competent evidence; to verify; to make good, as, to substantiate a charge or allegation; to substanti...
SUBSTANTIVE
SUB'STANTIVE, adjective Betokening existence; as the substantive verb.1. Solid; depending on itself. [Not in use.]SUB'STANTIVE, noun In grammar, a noun or name; the part of spee...
SUBSTANTIVELY
SUB'STANTIVELY, adverb In substance; essentially.1. In grammar, as a name or noun. An adjective or pronoun may be used substantively
SUBSTILE
SUB'STILE, noun [sub and stile.] The line of a dial on which the stile is erected.
SUBSTITUTE
SUB'STITUTE, verb transitive [Latin substituo; sub and statuo, to set.]To put in the place of another.Some few verses are inserted or substituted in the room of others.SUB'STITU...
SUBSTITUTION
SUBSTITU'TION, noun The act of putting one person or thing in the place of another to supply its place; as the substitution of an agent, attorney or representative to act for on...
SUBSTRACT
SUBSTRACT', verb transitive [Latin subtraho, subractum.] To subtract.Note.--Substract was formerly used in analogy with abstract. But in modern usage, it is written according to...
SUBSTRACTION
SUBSTRAC'TION, noun In law, the withdrawing or withholding of some right. Thus the substraction of conjugal rights, is when either the husband or wife withdraws from the other a...