Subindication Sub·in`di·ca"tion noun The act of indicating by signs; a slight indication. [ R.] "The subindication and shadowing of heavenly things." Barrow.

Subindividual Sub·in`di·vid"u·al noun A division of that which is individual.

An individual can not branch itself into subindividuals .

Milton.

Subinduce Sub`in·duce" transitive verb To insinuate; to offer indirectly. [ Obsolete] Sir E. Dering.

Subinfer Sub`in·fer" transitive verb & i. To infer from an inference already made. [ Obsolete] Bp. Hall.

Subinfeudation Sub·in`feu·da"tion noun (Law) (a) The granting of lands by inferior lords to their dependents, to be held by themselves by feudal tenure. Craig. (b) Subordinate tenancy; undertenancy.

The widow is immediate tenant to the heir, by a kind of subinfeudation , or undertenancy.

Blackstone.

Subingression Sub`in·gres"sion noun Secret entrance. [ R.] Boyle.

Subintestinal Sub`in·tes"ti·nal adjective (Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the intestine.

Subinvolution Sub·in`vo·lu"tion noun Partial or incomplete involution; as, subinvolution of the uterus.

Subitaneous Sub`i·ta"ne·ous adjective [ Latin subitaneus . See Sudden .] Sudden; hasty. [ Obsolete] Bullokar. -- Sub`i*ta"ne*ous*ness , noun [ Obsolete]

Subitany Sub"i·ta·ny adjective Subitaneous; sudden; hasty. [ Obsolete] Hales.

Subito Su"bi·to adverb [ Italian & Latin ] (Mus.) In haste; quickly; rapidly.

Subjacent Sub·ja"cent adjective [ Latin subjacens , present participle of subjacere to lie under; sub under + jacere to lie.] 1. Lying under or below.

2. Being in a lower situation, though not directly beneath; as, hills and subjacent valleys.

Subject Sub·ject" adjective [ Middle English suget , Old French souzget , sougit (in which the first part is Latin subtus below, from sub under), subgiet , subject , French sujet , from Latin subjectus lying under, subjected, past participle of subjicere , subicere , to throw, lay, place, or bring under; sub under + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.] 1. Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

2. Placed under the power of another; specifically (International Law) , owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state; as, Jamaica is subject to Great Britain.

Esau was never subject to Jacob.

Locke.

3. Exposed; liable; prone; disposed; as, a country subject to extreme heat; men subject to temptation.

All human things are subject to decay.

Dryden.

4. Obedient; submissive.

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities.

Titus iii. 1.

Syn. -- Liable; subordinate; inferior; obnoxious; exposed. See Liable .

Subject Sub·ject" noun [ From Latin subjectus , through an old form of French sujet . See Subject , adjective ] 1. That which is placed under the authority, dominion, control, or influence of something else.

2. Specifically: One who is under the authority of a ruler and is governed by his laws; one who owes allegiance to a sovereign or a sovereign state; as, a subject of Queen Victoria; a British subject ; a subject of the United States.

Was never subject longed to be a king,
As I do long and wish to be a subject .

Shak.

The subject must obey his prince, because God commands it, human laws require it.

Swift.

» In international law, the term subject is convertible with citizen .

3. That which is subjected, or submitted to, any physical operation or process; specifically (Anat.) , a dead body used for the purpose of dissection.

4. That which is brought under thought or examination; that which is taken up for discussion, or concerning which anything is said or done. "This subject for heroic song." Milton.

Make choice of a subject , beautiful and noble, which . . . shall afford an ample field of matter wherein to expatiate.

Dryden.

The unhappy subject of these quarrels.

Shak.

5. The person who is treated of; the hero of a piece; the chief character.

Writers of particular lives . . . are apt to be prejudiced in favor of their subject .

C. Middleton.

6. (Logic & Gram.) That of which anything is affirmed or predicated; the theme of a proposition or discourse; that which is spoken of; as, the nominative case is the subject of the verb.

The subject of a proposition is that concerning which anything is affirmed or denied.

I. Watts.

7. That in which any quality, attribute, or relation, whether spiritual or material, inheres, or to which any of these appertain; substance; substratum.

That which manifests its qualities -- in other words, that in which the appearing causes inhere, that to which they belong - - is called their subject or substance, or substratum.

Sir W. Hamilton.

8. Hence, that substance or being which is conscious of its own operations; the mind; the thinking agent or principal; the ego. Confer Object , noun , 2.

The philosophers of mind have, in a manner, usurped and appropriated this expression to themselves. Accordingly, in their hands, the phrases conscious or thinking subject , and subject , mean precisely the same thing.

Sir W. Hamilton.

9. (Mus.) The principal theme, or leading thought or phrase, on which a composition or a movement is based.

The earliest known form of subject is the ecclesiastical cantus firmus , or plain song.

Rockstro.

10. (Fine Arts) The incident, scene, figure, group, etc., which it is the aim of the artist to represent.

Subject Sub·ject" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Subjected ; present participle & verbal noun Subjecting .] 1. To bring under control, power, or dominion; to make subject; to subordinate; to subdue.

Firmness of mind that subjects every gratification of sense to the rule of right reason.

C. Middleton.

In one short view subjected to our eye,
Gods, emperors, heroes, sages, beauties, lie.

Pope.

He is the most subjected , the most ...nslaved, who is so in his understanding.

Locke.

2. To expose; to make obnoxious or liable; as, credulity subjects a person to impositions.

3. To submit; to make accountable.

God is not bound to subject his ways of operation to the scrutiny of our thoughts.

Locke.

4. To make subservient.

Subjected to his service angel wings.

Milton.

5. To cause to undergo; as, to subject a substance to a white heat; to subject a person to a rigid test.

Subject-matter Sub"ject-mat`ter noun The matter or thought presented for consideration in some statement or discussion; that which is made the object of thought or study.

As to the subject-matter , words are always to be understood as having a regard thereto.

Blackstone.

As science makes progress in any subject-matter , poetry recedes from it.

J. H. Newman.

Subjected Sub·ject"ed adjective 1. Subjacent. "Led them direct . . . to the subjected plain." [ Obsolete] Milton.

2. Reduced to subjection; brought under the dominion of another.

3. Exposed; liable; subject; obnoxious.

Subjection Sub·jec"tion noun [ Latin subjectio : confer Old French subjection , French subjétion . See Subject , adjective ] 1. The act of subjecting, or of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing.

The conquest of the kingdom, and subjection of the rebels.

Sir M. Hale.

2. The state of being subject, or under the power, control, and government of another; a state of obedience or submissiveness; as, the safety of life, liberty, and property depends on our subjection to the laws. "To be bound under subjection ." Chaucer.

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands.

1 Peter iii. 1.

Because the subjection of the body to the will is by natural necessity, the subjection of the will unto God voluntary, we stand in need of direction after what sort our wills and desires may be rightly conformed to His.

Hooker.

Subjectist Sub"ject·ist noun (Metaph.) One skilled in subjective philosophy; a subjectivist.

Subjective Sub·jec"tive adjective [ Latin subjectivus : confer French subjectif .] 1. Of or pertaining to a subject.

2. Especially, pertaining to, or derived from, one's own consciousness, in distinction from external observation; ralating to the mind, or intellectual world, in distinction from the outward or material excessively occupied with, or brooding over, one's own internal states.

» In the philosophy of the mind, subjective denotes what is to be referred to the thinking subject, the ego ; objective , what belongs to the object of thought, the non- ego . See Objective , adjective , 2. Sir W. Hamilton.

3. (Lit. & Art) Modified by, or making prominent, the individuality of a writer or an artist; as, a subjective drama or painting; a subjective writer.

Syn. -- See Objective .

Subjective sensation (Physiol.) , one of the sensations occurring when stimuli due to internal causes excite the nervous apparatus of the sense organs, as when a person imagines he sees figures which have no objective reality.

-- Sub*jec"tive*ly , adverb -- Sub*jec"tive*ness , noun

Subjectivism Sub·jec"tiv·ism noun (Metaph.) Any philosophical doctrine which refers all knowledge to, and founds it upon, any subjective states; egoism.

Subjectivist Sub·jec"tiv·ist noun (Metaph.) One who holds to subjectivism; an egoist.

Subjectivity Sub`jec·tiv"i·ty noun The quality or state of being subjective; character of the subject.

Subjectless Sub"ject·less adjective Having no subject.

Subjectness Sub"ject·ness noun Quality of being subject. [ R.]

Subjicible Sub·jic"i·ble adjective Capable of being subjected. [ Obsolete] Jer. Taylor.

Subjoin Sub·join" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Subjoined ; present participle & verbal noun Subjoining .] [ Confer Old French subjoindre , Latin subjungere . See Sub- , and Join , and confer Subjective .] To add after something else has been said or written; to ANNEX; as, to subjoin an argument or reason.

Syn. -- To add; annex; join; unite.

Subjoinder Sub·join"der noun An additional remark. [ R.]

Subjugate Sub"ju·gate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Subjugated ; present participle & verbal noun Subjugating .] [ Latin subjugatus , past participle of subjugare to subjugate; sub under + jugum a yoke. See Yoke .] To subdue, and bring under the yoke of power or dominion; to conquer by force, and compel to submit to the government or absolute control of another; to vanquish.

He subjugated a king, and called him his "vassal."

Baker.

Syn. -- To conquer; subdue; overcome. See Conquer .

Subjugation Sub`ju·ga"tion noun [ Confer French subjugation , Late Latin subjugatio .] The act of subjugating, or the state of being subjugated.

Subjugator Sub"ju·ga`tor noun [ Latin ] One who subjugates; a conqueror.

Subjunction Sub·junc"tion noun [ See Subjunctive .] 1. Act of subjoining, or state of being subjoined.

2. Something subjoined; as, a subjunction to a sentence.

Subjunctive Sub·junc"tive adjective [ Latin subjunctivus , from subjungere , subjunctum , to subjoin: confer French subjonctif . See Subjoin .] Subjoined or added to something before said or written.

Subjunctive mood (Gram.) , that form of a verb which express the action or state not as a fact, but only as a conception of the mind still contingent and dependent. It is commonly subjoined, or added as subordinate, to some other verb, and in English is often connected with it by if , that , though , lest , unless , except , until , etc., as in the following sentence: " If there were no honey, they [ bees] would have no object in visiting the flower." Lubbock. In some languages, as in Latin and Greek, the subjunctive is often independent of any other verb, being used in wishes, commands, exhortations, etc.

Subjunctive Sub·junc"tive noun (Gram.) The subjunctive mood; also, a verb in the subjunctive mood.

Subkingdom Sub·king"dom noun One of the several primary divisions of either the animal, or vegetable kingdom, as, in zoölogy, the Vertebrata, Tunicata, Mollusca, Articulata, Molluscoidea, Echinodermata, Cœlentera, and the Protozoa; in botany, the Phanerogamia, and the Cryptogamia.

Sublapsarian Sub`lap·sa"ri·an noun & adjective [ Prefix sub + lapse : confer French sublapsarien , sublapsarie .] (Eccl. Hist.) Same as Infralapsarian .

Sublapsarianism Sub`lap·sa"ri·an·ism noun Infralapsarianism.

Sublapsary Sub·lap"sa·ry adjective Sublapsarian. Johnson.

Sublate Sub"late transitive verb [ From sublatus , used as past participle of tollere to take away. See Tolerate .] To take or carry away; to remove. [ R.] E. Hall.

Sublation Sub·la"tion noun [ Latin sublatio , from sublatus , used as past participle of tollere to take away.] The act of taking or carrying away; removal. [ R.] Bp. Hall.

Sublative Sub"la·tive adjective Having power, or tending, to take away. [ R.] Harris.

Sublease Sub"lease` noun (Law) A lease by a tenant or lessee to another person; an underlease. Bouvier.

Sublessee Sub`les·see" noun A holder of a sublease.

Sublet Sub·let" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sublet ; present participle & verbal noun Subletting .] To underlet; to lease, as when a lessee leases to another person.

Sublevation Sub`le·va"tion noun [ Latin sublevare to lift up; sub under + levare to lift, raise: confer Latin sublevatio an allevation.] 1. The act of raising on high; elevation. Sir T. More.

2. An uprising; an insurrection. [ R.] Sir W. Temple.

Sublibrarian Sub`li·bra"ri·an noun An under or assistant librarian.

Sublieutenant Sub`lieu·ten"ant noun [ Prefix sub + lieutenant : confer French sous-lieutenant .] An inferior or second lieutenant; in the British service, a commissioned officer of the lowest rank.

Subligation Sub`li·ga"tion noun [ Latin subligatio , from subligare to bind below; sub under + ligare to bind.] The act of binding underneath. [ R.]

Sublimable Sub·lim"a·ble adjective [ Confer French sublimable . See Sublime ., transitive verb ] Capable of being sublimed or sublimated. -- Sub*lim"a*ble*ness , noun Boyle.

Sublimate Sub"li·mate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sublimated ; present participle & verbal noun Sublimating .] [ Latin sublimatus , past participle of sublimare to raise, elevate, from sublimis high: confer French sublimer . See Sublime , adjective , and confer Surlime , transitive verb ] 1. To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor.

2. To refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate.

The precepts of Christianity are . . . so apt to cleanse and sublimate the more gross and corrupt.

Dr. H. More.

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