Subsellium Sub新el"li暉m noun ; plural Subsellia . [ Latin ] (Eccl. Arch.) One of the stalls of the lower range where there are two ranges. See Illust. of Stall .

Subsemitone Sub新em"i暗one noun (Mus.) The sensible or leading note, or sharp seventh, of any key; subtonic.

Subsensible Sub新en"si搓le adjective Deeper than the reach of the senses. "That subsensible world." Tyndall.

Subseptuple Sub新ep"tu搆le adjective Having the ratio of one to seven. Bp. Wilkins.

Subsequence, Subsequency Sub"se敬uence, Sub"se敬uen搾y noun The act or state of following; -- opposed to precedence .

Subsequent Sub"se敬uent adjective [ Latin subsequens , -entis , present participle of subsequi to follow, succeed: confer French subs廦uent . See Sue to follow.] 1. Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely; as, subsequent events; subsequent ages or years; a period long subsequent to the foundation of Rome.

2. Following in order of place; succeeding; as, a subsequent clause in a treaty. "The subsequent words come on before the precedent vanish." Bacon.

Subsequently Sub"se敬uent損y adverb At a later time; afterwards.

Subserous Sub新e"rous adjective (Anat.) Situated under a serous membrane.

Subserve Sub新erve" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Subserved ; present participle & verbal noun Subserving .] [ Latin subservire ; sub under + servire to serve. See Serve .] To serve in subordination or instrumentally; to be subservient to; to help forward; to promote.

It is a great credit to know the ways of captivating Nature, and making her subserve our purposes, than to have learned all the intrigues of policy.

Glanvill.

Subserve Sub新erve" intransitive verb To be subservient or subordinate; to serve in an inferior capacity.

Not made to rule,
But to subserve where wisdom bears command.

Milton.

Subservience, Subserviency Sub新erv"i搪nce, Sub新erv"i搪n搾y noun The quality or state of being subservient; instrumental fitness or use; hence, willingness to serve another's purposes; in a derogatory sense, servility.

The body wherein appears much fitness, use, and subserviency to infinite functions.

Bentley.

There is a regular subordination and subserviency among all the parts to beneficial ends.

Cheyne.

Subservient Sub新erv"i搪nt adjective [ Latin subserviens , -entis , present participle See Subserve .] Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling.

Scarce ever reading anything which he did not make subservient in one kind or other.

Bp. Fell.

These ranks of creatures are subservient one to another.

Ray.

Their temporal ambition was wholly subservient to their proselytizing spirit.

Burke.

Subserviently Sub新erv"i搪nt損y adverb In a subservient manner.

Subsesqui- Sub新es"qui- [ Prefix sub- + sesqui- .] (Chemistry) A prefix (also used adjectively) denoting the combination of constituents (especially electro-negative and electro- positive bodies) in the proportion of two to three ; as, a subsesqui acetate, i. e. , a salt having two equivalents of acetic acid to three of the base.

Subsextuple Sub新ex"tu搆le adjective Having the ratio of one to six; as, a sub sextuple proportion. Bp. Wilkins.

Subside Sub新ide" intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Subsided ; present participle & verbal noun Subsiding .] [ Latin subsidere ; sub under, below + sidere to sit down, to settle; akin to sedere to sit, English sit . See Sit .] 1. To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.

2. To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink. "Heaven's subsiding hill." Dryden.

3. To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate; as, the sea subsides ; the tumults of war will subside ; the fever has subsided . "In cases of danger, pride and envy naturally subside ." C. Middleton.

Syn. -- See Abate .

Subsidence, Subsidency Sub新id"ence, Sub新id"en搾y noun [ Latin subsidens , -entis , present participle of subsidere . See Subside .] The act or process of subsiding.

The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions.

Bp. Warburton.

Subsidiarily Sub新id"i戢斟i損y adverb In a subsidiary manner; so as to assist.

Subsidiary Sub新id"i戢斟y adjective [ Latin subsidiarius : confer French subsidiaire . See Subsidy .] 1. Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity; as, a subsidiary stream.

Chief ruler and principal head everywhere, not suffragant and subsidiary .

Florio.

They constituted a useful subsidiary testimony of another state of existence.

Coleridge.

2. Of or pertaining to a subsidy; constituting a subsidy; being a part of, or of the nature of, a subsidy; as, subsidiary payments to an ally.

George the Second relied on his subsidiary treaties.

Ld. Mahon.

Subsidiary Sub新id"i戢斟y noun ; plural Subsidiaries One who, or that which, contributes aid or additional supplies; an assistant; an auxiliary. Hammond.

Subsidize Sub"si搞ize transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Subsidized ; present participle & verbal noun Subsidizing .] [ From Subsidy .] To furnish with a subsidy; to purchase the assistance of by the payment of a subsidy; to aid or promote, as a private enterprise, with public money; as, to subsidize a steamship line.

He employed the remittances from Spain to subsidize a large body of German mercenaries.

Prescott.

Subsidy Sub"si搞y noun ; plural Subsidies . [ Latin subsidium the troops stationed in reserve in the third line of battlem reserve, support, help, from subsidere to sit down, lie in wait: confer French subside . See Subside .] 1. Support; aid; co鞿eration; esp., extraordinary aid in money rendered to the sovereign or to a friendly power.

They advised the king to send speedy aids, and with much alacrity granted a great rate of subsidy .

Bacon.

» Subsidies were taxes, not immediately on on property, but on persons in respect of their reputed estates, after the nominal rate of 4s. the pound for lands, and 2s. 8d. for goods. Blackstone.

2. Specifically: A sum of money paid by one sovereign or nation to another to purchase the co鞿eration or the neutrality of such sovereign or nation in war.

3. A grant from the government, from a municipal corporation, or the like, to a private person or company to assist the establishment or support of an enterprise deemed advantageous to the public; a subvention; as, a subsidy to the owners of a line of ocean steamships.

Syn. -- Tribute; grant. -- Subsidy , Tribute . A subsidy is voluntary; a tribute is exacted.

Subsign Sub新ign" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Subsigned ; present participle & verbal noun Subsigning .] [ Latin subsignare ; sub under + signare to mark: confer French soussigner . See Sign .] To sign beneath; to subscribe. [ R.] Camden.

Subsignation Sub`sig搖a"tion noun [ Latin subsignatio .] The act of writing the name under something, as for attestation. [ R.] Shelton.

Subsilicate Sub新il"i搾ate noun A basic silicate.

Subsist Sub新ist" intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Subsisted ; present participle & verbal noun Subsisting .] [ Latin subsistere to stand still, stay, remain alive; sub under + sistere to stand, to cause to stand, from stare to stand: confer French subsister . See Stand .] 1. To be; to have existence; to inhere.

And makes what happiness we justly call,
Subsist not in the good of one, but all.

Pope.

2. To continue; to retain a certain state.

Firm we subsist , yet possible to swerve.

Milton.

3. To be maintained with food and clothing; to be supported; to live. Milton.

To subsist on other men's charity.

Atterbury.

Subsist Sub新ist" transitive verb To support with provisions; to feed; to maintain; as, to subsist one's family.

He laid waste the adjacent country in order to render it more difficult for the enemy to subsist their army.

Robertson.

Subsistence Sub新ist"ence noun [ Confer French subsistance , Latin subsistentia .] 1. Real being; existence.

Not only the things had subsistence , but the very images were of some creatures existing.

Stillingfleet.

2. Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies.

3. That which furnishes support to animal life; means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; as, a meager subsistence .

His viceroy could only propose to himself a comfortable subsistence out of the plunder of his province.

Addison.

4. (Theol.) Same as Hypostasis , 2. Hooker.

Subsistence Department Sub新ist"ence De搆art"ment (Mil.) A staff department of the United States army charged, under the supervision of the Chief of Staff, with the purchasing and issuing to the army of such supplies as make up the ration. It also supplies, for authorized sales, certain articles of food and other minor stores. It is commanded by any officer of the rank of brigadier general, called commissary general, and the department is popularly called the Commissary Department .

Subsistency Sub新ist"en搾y noun Subsistence. [ R.]

Subsistent Sub新ist"ent adjective [ Latin subsistens , present participle See Subsist .] 1. Having real being; as, a subsistent spirit.

2. Inherent; as, qualities subsistent in matter.

Subsizar Sub新i"zar noun An under sizar; a student of lower rank than a sizar. [ Cambridge Univ. Eng.]

Bid my subsizar carry my hackney to the buttery and give him his bever.

J. Fletcher.

Subsoil Sub"soil` noun The bed, or stratum, of earth which lies immediately beneath the surface soil.

Subsoil plow , a plow having a share and standard but no moldboard. It follows in the furrow made by an ordinary plow, and loosens the soil to an additional depth without bringing it to the surface. Knight.

Subsoil Sub"soil` transitive verb To turn up the subsoil of.

Subsolary Sub新o"la斟y adjective Being under the sun; hence, terrestrial; earthly; mundane. [ R.]

Subspecies Sub新pe"cies noun A group somewhat lessdistinct than speciesusually are, but based on characters more important than those which characterize ordinary varieties; often, a geographical variety or race.

Subsphenoidal Sub`sphe搖oid"al adjective (Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.

Subspherical Sub新pher"ic戢l adjective Nearly spherical; having a figure resembling that of a sphere.

Subspinous Sub新pi"nous adjective (a) (Anat.) Subvertebral. (b) (Medicine) Situated beneath a spinous process, as that of the scapula; as, subspinous dislocation of the humerus.

Substance Sub"stance noun [ French, from Latin substantia , from substare to be under or present, to stand firm; sub under + stare to stand. See Stand .] 1. That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in which properties inhere; that which is real, in distinction from that which is apparent; the abiding part of any existence, in distinction from any accident; that which constitutes anything what it is; real or existing essence.

These cooks, how they stamp, and strain, and grind,
And turn substance into accident!

Chaucer.

Heroic virtue did his actions guide,
And he the substance , not the appearance, chose.

Dryden.

2. The most important element in any existence; the characteristic and essential components of anything; the main part; essential import; purport.

This edition is the same in substance with the Latin.

Bp. Burnet.

It is insolent in words, in manner; but in substance it is not only insulting, but alarming.

Burke.

3. Body; matter; material of which a thing is made; hence, substantiality; solidity; firmness; as, the substance of which a garment is made; some textile fabrics have little substance .

4. Material possessions; estate; property; resources.

And there wasted his substance with riotous living.

Luke xv. 13.

Thy substance , valued at the highest rate,
Can not amount unto a hundred marks.

Shak.

We are destroying many thousand lives, and exhausting our substance , but not for our own interest.

Swift.

5. (Theol.) Same as Hypostasis , 2.

Substance Sub"stance transitive verb To furnish or endow with substance; to supply property to; to make rich. [ Obsolete]

Substanceless Sub"stance損ess adjective Having no substance; unsubstantial. [ R.] Coleridge.

Substant Sub"stant adjective [ Latin substans , -antis , present participle of substare to be firm.] Substantial; firm. [ R.] "[ The glacier's] substant ice." The Century.

Substantial Sub新tan"tial adjective [ French substantiel , Latin substantialis .] 1. Belonging to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life. Milton.

If this atheist would have his chance to be real and substantial agent, he is more stupid than the vulgar.

Bentley.

2. Not seeming or imaginary; not illusive; real; solid; true; veritable.

If happinessbe a substantial good.

Denham.

The substantial ornaments of virtue.

L'Estrange.

3. Corporeal; material; firm. "Most ponderous and substantial things." Shak.

The rainbow [ appears to be] a large substantial arch.

I. Watts.

4. Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm; as, substantial cloth; a substantial fence or wall.

5. Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy; responsible; as, a substantial freeholder. " Substantial yeomen and burghers." Sir W. Scott.

Substantiality Sub新tan`ti戢l"i暗y noun The quality or state of being substantial; corporiety; materiality.

The soul is a stranger to such gross substantiality .

Glanvill.

Substantialize Sub新tan"tial搏ze transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Substantialized ; present participle & verbal noun Substantializing .] To make substantial.

Substantially Sub新tan"tial損y adverb In a substantial manner; in substance; essentially.

In him all his Father shone,
Substantially expressed.

Milton.

The laws of this religion would make men, if they would truly observe them, substantially religious toward God, chastle, and temperate.

Tillotson.

Substantialness Sub新tan"tial搖ess noun The quality or state of being substantial; as, the substantialness of a wall or column.

Substantials Sub新tan"tials noun plural Essential parts. Ayliffe.

Substantiate Sub新tan"ti戢te transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Substantiated ; present participle & verbal noun Substantiating .] 1. To make to exist; to make real. Ayliffe.

2. To establish the existence or truth of by proof or competent evidence; to verify; as, to substantiate a charge or allegation; to substantiate a declaration.

Observation is, in turn, wanted to direct and substantiate the course of experiment.

Coleridge.

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