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Subpœnal Sub·pœ"nal adjective Required or done under penalty. Gauden.

Subpeduncular Sub`pe·dun"cu·lar adjective (Anat.) Situated beneath the peduncle; as, the subpeduncular lobe of the cerebellum.

Subpedunculate Sub`pe·dun"cu·late adjective (Bot. & Zoology) Supported on, or growing from, a very short stem; having a short peduncle.

Subpellucid Sub`pel·lu"cid adjective Somewhat pellucid; nearly pellucid.

Subpena Sub·pe"na noun & transitive verb See Subpœna .

Subpentangular Sub`pen·tan"gu·lar adjective Nearly or approximately pentangular; almost pentangular.

Subpericardial Sub·per`i·car"di·al adjective (Anat.) Situated under the cardiac pericardium.

Subperiosteal Sub·per`i·os"te·al adjective (Anat.) Situated under the periosteum.

Subperiosteal operation (Surg.) , a removal of bone effected without taking away the periosteum.

Subperitoneal Sub·per`i·to"ne·al adjective (Anat.) Situated under the peritoneal membrane.

Subpetiolar Sub·pet"i·o·lar adjective (Botany) Concealed within the base of the petiole, as the leaf buds of the plane tree.

Subpleural Sub·pleu"ral adjective (Anat.) Situated under the pleural membrane.

Subpodophyllous Sub·pod`o·phyl"lous adjective (Anat.) Situated under the podophyllous tissue of the horse's foot.

Subpolar Sub·po"lar adjective Situated below the poles.

Subpolygonal Sub`po·lyg"o·nal adjective Approximately polygonal; somewhat or almost polygonal.

Subprehensile Sub`pre·hen"sile adjective Somewhat prehensile; prehensile in an inferior degree.

Subprior Sub·pri"or noun [ Prefix sub + prior : confer French sous-prieur .] (Eccl.) The vicegerent of a prior; a claustral officer who assists the prior.

Subpubic Sub·pu"bic adjective (Anat.) Situated under, or posterior to, the pubic bones.

Subpulmonary Sub·pul"mo·na·ry adjective (Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the lungs.

Subpurchaser Sub·pur"chas·er noun A purchaser who buys from a purchaser; one who buys at second hand.

Subpyriform Sub·pyr"i·form adjective Somewhat pyriform.

Subquadrate Sub·quad"rate adjective Nearly or approximately square; almost square.

Subquadruple Sub·quad"ru·ple adjective Containing one part of four; in the ratio of one to four; as, subquadruple proportion. Bp. Wilkins.

Subquinquefid Sub·quin"que·fid adjective Almost quinquefid; nearly quinquefid.

Subquintuple Sub·quin"tu·ple adjective Having the ratio of one to five; as, subquintuple proportion. Bp. Wilkins.

Subreader Sub·read"er noun (Law) An under reader in the inns of court, who reads the texts of law the reader is to discourse upon. [ Eng.] Crabb.

Subrector Sub·rec"tor noun An assistant restor. [ Eng.]

Subreligion Sub`re·li"gion noun A secondary religion; a belief or principle held in a quasi religious veneration.

Loyalty is in the English a subreligion .

Emerson.

Subreption Sub·rep"tion noun [ Latin subreptio , from subripere , subreptum , to snatch or take away secretly: confer French subreption . See Surreptitious .] The act of obtaining a favor by surprise, or by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts. Bp. Hall.

Subreptitious Sub`rep·ti"tious adjective [ Latin subreptitius . See Surreptitious .] Surreptitious. [ Obsolete] -- Sub`rep*ti"tious*ly adverb [ Obsolete]

Subreptive Sub·rep"tive adjective [ Latin subreptivus .] Surreptitious. [ Obsolete]

Subrigid Sub·rig"id adjective Somewhat rigid or stiff.

Subriguous Sub·rig"u·ous adjective [ Latin subriguus ; sub under + riguus watered, akin to rigare to water.] Watered or wet beneath; well- watered. [ Obsolete] Blount.

Subrogate Sub"ro·gate transitive verb [ Latin subrogatus , past participle of subrogare . See Surrogate .] To put in the place of another; to substitute. Barrow.

Subrogation Sub`ro·ga"tion noun [ Confer French subrogation , Late Latin subrogatio .] The act of subrogating. Specifically: (Law) The substitution of one person in the place of another as a creditor, the new creditor succeeding to the rights of the former; the mode by which a third person who pays a creditor succeeds to his rights against the debtor. Bouvier. Burrill. Abbott.

Subrotund Sub`ro·tund" adjective Somewhat rotund.

Subsacral Sub·sa"cral adjective (Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the sacrum.

Subsaline Sub`sa·line" adjective Moderately saline or salt.

Subsalt Sub"salt` noun (Chemistry) A basic salt. See the Note under Salt .

Subsannation Sub`san·na"tion noun [ Latin subsannatio , from subsannare to deride by mimicking gestures.] Derision; mockery. [ Obsolete] Dr. H. More.

Subscapular, Subscapulary Sub·scap"u·lar, Sub·scap"u·la·ry adjective (Anat.) Situated beneath the scapula; infrascapular; as, the subscapular muscle.

Subscribable Sub·scrib"a·ble adjective Capable of being subscribed. [ R.]

Subscribe Sub·scribe" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Subscribed ; present participle & verbal noun Subscribing .] [ Latin subscribere , subscriptum ; sub under + scribere to write: confer French souscrire . See Scribe .] 1. To write underneath, as one's name; to sign (one's name) to a document.

[ They] subscribed their names under them.

Sir T. More.

2. To sign with one's own hand; to give consent to, as something written, or to bind one's self to the terms of, by writing one's name beneath; as, parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond.

All the bishops subscribed the sentence.

Milman.

3. To attest by writing one's name beneath; as, officers subscribe their official acts, and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies or records.

4. To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount; as, each man subscribed ten dollars.

5. To sign away; to yield; to surrender. [ Obsolete] Shak.

6. To declare over one's signature; to publish. [ Obsolete]

Either or must shortly hear from him, or I will subscribe him a coward.

Shak.

Subscribe Sub·scribe" intransitive verb 1. To sign one's name to a letter or other document. Shak.

2. To give consent to something written, by signing one's name; hence, to assent; to agree.

So spake, so wished, much humbled Eve; but Fate
Subscribed not.

Milton.

3. To become surely; -- with for . [ R.] Shak.

4. To yield; to admit one's self to be inferior or in the wrong. [ Obsolete]

I will subscribe , and say I wronged the duke.

Shak.

5. To set one's name to a paper in token of promise to give a certain sum.

6. To enter one's name for a newspaper, a book, etc.

Subscriber Sub·scrib"er noun 1. One who subscribes; one who contributes to an undertaking by subscribing.

2. One who enters his name for a paper, book, map, or the like. Dryden.

Subscript Sub"script adjective [ Latin subscriptus , past participle See Subscribe .] Written below or underneath; as, iota subscript . (See under Iota .) Specifically (Math.) , said of marks, figures, or letters (suffixes), written below and usually to the right of other letters to distinguish them; as, a , n , 2, in the symbols X a , A n , Y 2 . See Suffix , noun , 2, and Subindex .

Subscript Sub"script noun Anything written below. Bentley.

Subscription Sub·scrip"tion noun [ Latin subscriptio : confer French souscription .] 1. The act of subscribing.

2. That which is subscribed. Specifically: (a) A paper to which a signature is attached. (b) The signature attached to a paper. (c) Consent or attestation by underwriting the name. (d) Sum subscribed; amount of sums subscribed; as, an individual subscription to a fund.

3. (Eccl.) The acceptance of articles, or other tests tending to promote uniformity; esp. (Ch. of Eng.) , formal assent to the Thirty-nine Articles and the Book of Common Prayer, required before ordination.

4. Submission; obedience. [ Obsolete]

You owe me no subscription .

Shak.

5. (Pharm.) That part of a prescription which contains the direction to the apothecary.

Subscriptive Sub·scrip"tive adjective Of or pertaining to a subscription, or signature. "The subscriptive part." Richardson. -- Sub*scrip"tive*ly , adverb

Subsecute Sub"se·cute transitive verb [ Latin subsecutus , past participle of subsequi . See Subsequent .] To follow closely, or so as to overtake; to pursue. [ Obsolete]

To follow and detain him, if by any possibility he could be subsecuted and overtaken.

E. Hall.

Subsecutive Sub·sec"u·tive adjective [ Confer French subsécutif .] Following in a train or succession. [ R.]

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