Suburb Sub"urb noun [ Latin
suburbium ;
sub under, below, near +
urbs a city. See
Urban .]
1. An outlying part of a city or town; a smaller place immediately adjacent to a city; in the plural, the region which is on the confines of any city or large town; as, a house stands in the suburbs ; a garden situated in the suburbs of Paris. "In the
suburbs of a town."
Chaucer. [ London] could hardly have contained less than thirty or forty thousand souls within its walls; and the suburbs were very populous.
Hallam. 2. Hence, the confines; the outer part; the environment. "The
suburbs . . . of sorrow."
Jer. Taylor. The suburb of their straw-built citadel.
Milton. Suburb roister ,
a rowdy; a loafer. [ Obsolete]
Milton.
Suburban Sub·ur"ban adjective [ Latin
suburbanus .]
Of or pertaining to suburbs; inhabiting, or being in, the suburbs of a city. "
Suburban taverns."
Longfellow. Suburban villas, highway-side retreats, . . .
Delight the citizen.
Cowper.
Suburban Sub·ur"ban noun One who dwells in the suburbs.
Suburbed Sub"urbed adjective Having a suburb or suburbs on its outer part.
Suburbial, Suburbian Sub·ur"bi·al, Sub·ur"bi·an adjective Suburban. [ Obsolete] "
Suburbial fields."
Warton. "
Suburbian muse."
Dryden.
Suburbicarian, Suburbicary Sub·ur`bi·ca"ri·an, Sub·ur"bi·ca·ry adjective [ Late Latin
suburbicarius , equiv. to Latin
suburbanus : confer French
suburbicaire . See
Suburban .]
Being in the suburbs; -- applied to the six dioceses in the suburbs of Rome subject to the pope as bishop of Rome. The pope having stretched his authority beyond the bounds of his suburbicarian precincts.
Barrow.
Suburethral Sub`u·re"thral adjective (Anat.) Situated under the urethra, or under its orifice.
Subvaginal Sub·vag"i·nal adjective (Anat.) Situated under or inside a sheath or vaginal membrane; as, the subvaginal , or subdural, spaces about the optic nerve.
Subvariety Sub`va·ri"e·ty noun ;
plural -ties A subordinate variety, or a division of a variety.
Subvene Sub·vene" intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Subvened ;
present participle & verbal noun Subvening .] [ Prefix
sub- + Latin
venire to come. See
Subvention .]
To come under, as a support or stay; to happen. A future state must needs subvene to prevent the whole edifice from falling into ruin.
Bp. Warburton.
Subventaneous Sub`ven·ta"ne·ous adjective [ Prefix
sub- + Latin
ventus wind.]
Produced by the wind. [ Obsolete]
Subvention Sub·ven"tion noun [ French, from Late Latin
subventio , from Latin
subvenire to come up to one's assistance, to assist. See
Souvenir , and confer
Subvene .]
1. The act of coming under. "The
subvention of a cloud."
Stackhouse. 2. The act of relieving, as of a burden; support; aid; assistance; help. 3. A government aid or bounty.
Subvention Sub·ven"tion transitive verb To subventionize.
Subventionize Sub·ven"tion·ize transitive verb To come to the aid of; to subsidize; to support.
Subventitious Sub`ven·ti"tious adjective Helping; aiding; supporting. Urquhart.
Subverse Sub·verse" transitive verb [ Latin
subversus , past participle of
subvertere . See
Subvert .]
To subvert. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Subversion Sub·ver"sion noun [ Latin
subversio : confer French
subversion . See
Subvert .]
The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned; entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter ruin; destruction; as, the subversion of a government; the subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the constitution. The subversion [ by a storm] of woods and timber . . . through my whole estate.
Evelyn. Laws have been often abused to the oppression and subversion of that order they were intended to preserve.
Rogers.
Subversionary Sub·ver"sion·a·ry adjective Promoting destruction.
Subversive Sub·ver"sive adjective [ Confer French
subversif .]
Tending to subvert; having a tendency to overthrow and ruin. Lying is a vice subversive of the very ends and design of conversation.
Rogers.
Subvert Sub·vert" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Subverted ;
present participle & verbal noun Subverting .] [ Latin
subvertere ,
subversum ;
sub under +
vertere to turn: confer French
subvertir . See
Verse .]
1. To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly. These are his substance, sinews, arms, and strength,
With which he yoketh your rebellious necks,
Razeth your cities, and subverts your towns.
Shak. This would subvert the principles of all knowledge.
Locke. 2. To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound. 2 Tim. iii. 14. Syn. -- To overturn; overthrow; destroy; invert; reverse; extinguish.
Subvert Sub·vert" intransitive verb To overthrow anything from the foundation; to be subversive. They have a power given to them like that of the evil principle, to subvert and destroy.
Subvertant Sub·vert"ant adjective (Her.) Reversed. [ R.]
Subvertebral Sub·ver"te·bral adjective (Anat.) Situated beneath, or on the ventral side of, the vertebral column; situated beneath, or inside of, the endoskeleton; hypaxial; hyposkeletal.
Subverter Sub·vert"er noun One who, or that which, subverts; an overthrower. Sir T. More.
Subvertible Sub·vert"i·ble adjective That may be subverted.
Subvitalized Sub·vi"tal·ized adjective Imperfectly vitalized; having naturally but little vital power or energy.
Subvocal Sub·vo"cal adjective & noun Same as Subtonic .
Subway Sub"way` noun An underground way or gallery; especially, a passage under a street, in which water mains, gas mains, telegraph wires, etc., are conducted.
Subworker Sub·work"er noun A subordinate worker or helper. South.
Subzonal Sub·zon"al adjective (Anat.) Situated under a zone, or zona; -- applied to a membrane between the zona radiata and the umbilical vesicle in the mammal embryo.
Subzygomatic Sub·zyg`o·mat"ic adjective (Anat.) Situated under the zygoma or zygomatic process.
Succade Suc"cade noun [ Latin
succus ,
sucus , juice: confer French
succade a sugarbox. Confer
Sucket .]
1. A sweetmeat. [ Obsolete]
Holland. 2. plural (Com.) Sweetmeats, or preserves in sugar, whether fruit, vegetables, or confections. Blakely. Succade gourd .
(Botany) Same as Vegetable marrow , under Vegetable .
Succedane Suc"ce·dane noun A succedaneum. [ Obsolete]
Succedaneous Suc`ce·da"ne·ous adjective [ Latin
succedaneus . See
Succeed .]
Pertaining to, or acting as, a succedaneum; supplying the place of something else; being, or employed as, a substitute for another. Sir T. Browne.
Succedaneum Suc`ce·da"ne·um noun ;
plural Succedanea . [ New Latin See
Succedaneous .]
One who, or that which, succeeds to the place of another; that which is used for something else; a substitute ; specifically
(Medicine) ,
a remedy used as a substitute for another. In lieu of me, you will have a very charming succedaneum , Lady Harriet Stanhope.
Walpole.
Succeed Suc·ceed" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Succeeded ;
present participle & verbal noun Succeeding .] [ Latin
succedere ,
successum ;
sub under +
cedere to go, to go along, approach, follow, succeed: confer French
succéder . See
Cede , and confer
Success .]
1. To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds summer. As he saw him nigh succeed .
Spenser. 2. To fall heir to; to inherit. [ Obsolete & R.]
Shak. 3. To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue. Destructive effects . . . succeeded the curse.
Sir T. Browne. 4. To support; to prosper; to promote. [ R.]
Succeed my wish and second my design.
Dryden.
Succeed Suc·ceed" intransitive verb 1. To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; -- often with to . If the father left only daughters, they equally succeeded to him in copartnership.
Sir M. Hale. Enjoy till I return
Short pleasures; for long woes are to succeed !
Milton. 2. Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant. No woman shall succeed in Salique land.
Shak. 3. To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve. Shak. 4. To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful; as, he succeeded in his plans; his plans succeeded . It is almost impossible for poets to succeed without ambition.
Dryden. Spenser endeavored it in Shepherd's Kalendar; but neither will it succeed in English.
Dryden. 5. To go under cover. [ A latinism. Obsolete]
Will you to the cooler cave succeed !
Dryden. Syn. -- To follow; pursue. See
Follow .
Succeedant Suc·ceed"ant adjective (Her.) Succeeding one another; following.
Succeeder Suc·ceed"er noun A successor. Shak. Tennyson.
Succeeding Suc·ceed"ing noun The act of one who, or that which, succeeds; also, that which succeeds, or follows after; consequence. Shak.
Succentor Suc"cen·tor noun [ Late Latin , an accompanier in singing, from
succinere to sing, to accompany;
sub under, after +
canere to sing.]
(Eccl.) A subchanter.
Success Suc·cess" noun [ Latin
successus : confer French
succès . See
Succeed .]
1. Act of succeeding; succession. [ Obsolete]
Then all the sons of these five brethren reigned
By due success .
Spenser. 2. That which comes after; hence, consequence, issue, or result, of an endeavor or undertaking, whether good or bad; the outcome of effort. Men . . . that are like to do that, that is committed to them, and to report back again faithfully the success .
Bacon. Perplexed and troubled at his bad success
The tempter stood.
Milton. 3. The favorable or prosperous termination of anything attempted; the attainment of a proposed object; prosperous issue. Dream of success and happy victory!
Shak. Or teach with more success her son
The vices of the time to shun.
Waller. Military successes , above all others, elevate the minds of a people.
Atterbury. 4. That which meets with, or one who accomplishes, favorable results, as a play or a player. [ Colloq.]
Successary Suc"ces·sa·ry noun Succession. [ Obsolete]
My peculiar honors, not derived
From successary , but purchased with my blood.
Beau. & Fl.
Successful Suc·cess"ful adjective Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; happy; as, a successful use of medicine; a successful experiment; a successful enterprise. Welcome, nephews, from successful wars.
Shak. Syn. -- Happy; prosperous; fortunate; auspicious; lucky. See
Fortunate . --
Suc*cess"ful*ly ,
adverb --
Suc*cess"ful*ness ,
noun
Succession Suc·ces"sion noun [ Latin
successio : confer French
succession . See
Succeed .]
1. The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a succession of disasters. 2. A series of persons or things according to some established rule of precedence; as, a succession of kings, or of bishops; a succession of events in chronology. He was in the succession to an earldom.
Macaulay. 3. An order or series of descendants; lineage; race; descent. "A long
succession must ensue."
Milton. 4. The power or right of succeeding to the station or title of a father or other predecessor; the right to enter upon the office, rank, position, etc., held ny another; also, the entrance into the office, station, or rank of a predecessor; specifically, the succeeding, or right of succeeding, to a throne. You have the voice of the king himself for your succession in Denmark.
Shak. The animosity of these factions did not really arise from the dispute about the succession .
Macaulay. 5. The right to enter upon the possession of the property of an ancestor, or one near of kin, or one preceding in an established order. 6. The person succeeding to rank or office; a successor or heir. [ R.]
Milton. Apostolical succession .
(Theol.) See under Apostolical . --
Succession duty ,
a tax imposed on every succession to property, according to its value and the relation of the person who succeeds to the previous owner. [ Eng.] --
Succession of crops .
(Agriculture) See Rotation of crops , under Rotation .
Successional Suc·ces"sion·al adjective Of or pertaining to a succession; existing in a regular order; consecutive. "
Successional teeth."
Flower. --
Suc*ces"sion*al*ly ,
adverb
Successionist Suc·ces"sion·ist noun A person who insists on the importance of a regular succession of events, offices, etc.; especially (Eccl.) , one who insists that apostolic succession alone is valid.
Successive Suc·ces"sive adjective [ Confer French
successif . See
Succeed .]
1. Following in order or in uninterrupted course; coming after without interruption or interval; following one after another in a line or series; consecutive; as, the successive revolution of years; the successive kings of Egypt; successive strokes of a hammer. Send the successive ills through ages down.
Prior. 2. Having or giving the right of succeeding to an inheritance; inherited by succession; hereditary; as, a successive title; a successive empire. [ Obsolete]
Shak. Successive induction .
(Math.) See Induction , 5.
Successively Suc·ces"sive·ly adverb In a successive manner. The whiteness, at length, changed successively into blue, indigo, and violet.
Sir I. Newton.
Successiveness Suc·ces"sive·ness noun The quality or state of being successive.
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