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a. [ L. subacidus. See Sub-, Acid. ] Moderately acid or sour; as, some plants have subacid juices. -- n. A substance moderately acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Moderalely acrid or harsh. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated beneath the acromial process of the scapula. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. subactus, p. p. of subigere to subdue; sub under + agere to lead, bring. ] To reduce; to subdue. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. L. subactio a working up, discipline. ] The act of reducing to any state, as of mixing two bodies combletely. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Moderalely acute. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Somewhat hooked or curved. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An under or subordinate advocate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Beneath the sky; in the open air; specifically (Geol.), taking place on the earth's surface, as opposed to subaqueous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A subordinate agency. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) A person employed by an agent to transact the whole, or a part, of the business intrusted to the latter. Bouvier. Chitty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. subagitatio, fr. subagitare to lie with illicity. ] Unlawful sexual intercourse. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Per. & Hind. sūbah. ] A province; a government, as of a viceroy; also, a subahdar. [ India ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Per. & Hind. sūbah-dār, Per. sūbah a province + dār holding, keeping. ] A viceroy; a governor of a subah; also, a native captain in the British native army. [ India ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The office or jurisdiction of a subahdar. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To aid secretly; to assist in a private manner, or indirectly. [ R. ] Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An under almoner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. subalpinus. ] (Bot. & Zool.) Inhabiting the somewhat high slopes and summits of mountains, but considerably below the snow line. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. subalterne, LL. subalternus, fr. L. sub under + alter the one, the other of two. See Alter. ] 1. Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior; specifically (Mil.), ranking as a junior officer; being below the rank of captain; as, a subaltern officer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic) Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Subaltern genus. (Logic) See under Genus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic) A subaltern proposition. Whately. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Logic) A universal proposition. See Subaltern, 2. Whately. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Succeeding by turns; successive. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Subordinate; subaltern; inferior. [ 1913 Webster ]

All their subalternate and several kinds. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Logic) A particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one. See Subaltern, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Subalternate; successive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being subalternate; succession of turns; subordination. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Slightly angular. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Under, or at the foot of, the Apennine mountains; -- applied, in geology, to a series of Tertiary strata of the older Pliocene period. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Being under the apex; of or pertaining to the part just below the apex. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. subaquaneus; sub + aqua water. ] Subaqueous. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Being under water, or beneath the surface of water; adapted for use under water; submarine; as, a subaqueous helmet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) Formed in or under water; as, subaqueous deposits. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Anat.) Situated under the arachnoid membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Approximately arctic; belonging to a region just without the arctic circle. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Having a figure resembling that of a bow; somewhat curved or arched. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. sub- + L. arra, arrha, earnest money. See Earnest a pledge. ] The ancient custom of betrothing by the bestowal, on the part of the man, of marriage gifts or tokens, as money, rings, or other presents, upon the woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated under the arytenoid cartilage of the larynx. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Beneath the stars or heavens; terrestrial. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat astringent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A hypothetical component of a chemical atom, on the theory that the elements themselves are complex substances; -- called also atomicule. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. subaudire, subauditum; sub under + audire to hear. ] To understand or supply in an ellipsis. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. subauditio. ] The act of understanding, or supplying, something not expressed; also, that which is so understood or supplied. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]