a. [ L. consubstantialis; con- + substantialis: cf. F. consubstantiel. See Substantial. ] Of the same kind or nature; having the same substance or essence; coessential. [ 1913 Webster ]

Christ Jesus . . . coeternal and consubstantial with the Father and with the Holy Ghost. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine of consubstantiation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who believes in consubstantiation. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. consubstantialité. ] Participation of the same nature; coexistence in the same substance. “His [ the Son's ] . . . consubstantiality with the Father.” Hammend. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a consubstantial manner; with identity of substance or nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Consubstantiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Consubstantiating. ] To cause to unite, or to regard as united, in one common substance or nature. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His soul must be consubstantiated with reason. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To profess or belive the doctrine of consubstantion. [ 1913 Webster ]

The consubstantiating church and priest. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Partaking of the same substance; united; consubstantial. [ 1913 Webster ]

We must love her [ the wife ] that is thus consubstantiate with us. Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An identity or union of substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; impanation; -- opposed to transubstantiation. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This view, held by Luther himself, was called consubstantiation by non Lutheran writers in contradistinction to transsubstantiation, the Catholic view. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unsubstantial; not real or strong. “Insubstantial pageant.” [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Unsubstantiality; unreality. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

(Anat.) The substance of the medullary sheath. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the sacrum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Moderately saline or salt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A basic salt. See the Note under Salt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. subsannatio, fr. subsannare to deride by mimicking gestures. ] Derision; mockery. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Anat.) Situated beneath the scapula; infrascapular; as, the subscapular muscle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being subscribed. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Subscribed p. pr. & vb. n. Subscribing. ] [ L. subscribere, subscriptum; sub under + scribere to write: cf. F. souscrire. See Scribe. ] 1. To write underneath, as one's name; to sign (one's name) to a document. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ They ] subscribed their names under them. Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the bishops subscribed the sentence. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To attest by writing one's name beneath; as, officers subscribe their official acts, and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies or records. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount; as, each man subscribed ten dollars. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To sign away; to yield; to surrender. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To declare over one's signature; to publish. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Either or must shortly hear from him, or I will subscribe him a coward. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To sign one's name to a letter or other document. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give consent to something written, by signing one's name; hence, to assent; to agree. [ 1913 Webster ]

So spake, so wished, much humbled Eve; but Fate
Subscribed not. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To become surely; -- with for. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To yield; to admit one's self to be inferior or in the wrong. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I will subscribe, and say I wronged the duke. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To set one's name to a paper in token of promise to give a certain sum. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To enter one's name for a newspaper, a book, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who subscribes; one who contributes to an undertaking by subscribing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who enters his name for a paper, book, map, or the like. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. subscriptus, p. p. 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 Xa, An, Y2. See Suffix, n., 2, and Subindex. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anything written below. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. subscriptio: cf. F. souscription. ] 1. The act of subscribing. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Submission; obedience. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

You owe me no subscription. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Pharm.) That part of a prescription which contains the direction to the apothecary. [ 1913 Webster ]

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a. Of or pertaining to a subscription, or signature. “The subscriptive part.” Richardson. -- Sub*scrip"tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ L. subsecutus, p. p. of subsequi. See Subsequent. ] To follow closely, or so as to overtake; to pursue. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To follow and detain him, if by any possibility he could be subsecuted and overtaken. E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. subsécutif. ] Following in a train or succession. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Subsellia [ L. ] (Eccl. Arch.) One of the stalls of the lower range where there are two ranges. See Illust. of Stall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mus.) The sensible or leading note, or sharp seventh, of any key; subtonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Deeper than the reach of the senses. “That subsensible world.” Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the ratio of one to seven. Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The act or state of following; -- opposed to precedence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. subsequens, -entis, p. pr. of subsequi to follow, succeed: cf. F. subséquent. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Following in order of place; succeeding; as, a subsequent clause in a treaty. “The subsequent words come on before the precedent vanish.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. At a later time; afterwards. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated under a serous membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Subserved p. pr. & vb. n. Subserving. ] [ L. subservire; sub under + servire to serve. See Serve. ] To serve in subordination or instrumentally; to be subservient to; to help forward; to promote. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be subservient or subordinate; to serve in an inferior capacity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not made to rule,
But to subserve where wisdom bears command. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The quality or state of being subservient; instrumental fitness or use; hence, willingness to serve another's purposes; in a derogatory sense, servility. [ 1913 Webster ]

The body wherein appears much fitness, use, and subserviency to infinite functions. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is a regular subordination and subserviency among all the parts to beneficial ends. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. subserviens, -entis, p. pr. See Subserve. ] Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scarce ever reading anything which he did not make subservient in one kind or other. Bp. Fell. [ 1913 Webster ]

These ranks of creatures are subservient one to another. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their temporal ambition was wholly subservient to their proselytizing spirit. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a subservient manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Pref. sub- + sesqui-. ] (Chem.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the ratio of one to six; as, a subsextuple proportion. Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Subsided; p. pr. & vb. n. Subsiding. ] [ L. subsidere; sub under, below + sidere to sit down, to settle; akin to sedere to sit, E. sit. See Sit. ] 1. To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink. “Heaven's subsiding hill.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Abate. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ L. subsidens, -entis, p. pr. of subsidere. See Subside. ] The act or process of subsiding. [ 1913 Webster ]

The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a subsidiary manner; so as to assist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. subsidiarius: cf. F. subsidiaire. See Subsidy. ] 1. Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity; as, a subsidiary stream. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chief ruler and principal head everywhere, not suffragant and subsidiary. Florio. [ 1913 Webster ]

They constituted a useful subsidiary testimony of another state of existence. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

George the Second relied on his subsidiary treaties. Ld. Mahon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Subsidiaries One who, or that which, contributes aid or additional supplies; an assistant; an auxiliary. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Subsidized p. pr. & vb. n. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

He employed the remittances from Spain to subsidize a large body of German mercenaries. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Subsidies [ L. subsidium the troops stationed in reserve in the third line of battlem reserve, support, help, fr. subsidere to sit down, lie in wait: cf. F. subside. See Subside. ] 1. Support; aid; cooperation; esp., extraordinary aid in money rendered to the sovereign or to a friendly power. [ 1913 Webster ]

They advised the king to send speedy aids, and with much alacrity granted a great rate of subsidy. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: A sum of money paid by one sovereign or nation to another to purchase the cooperation or the neutrality of such sovereign or nation in war. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Tribute; grant. -- Subsidy, Tribute. A subsidy is voluntary; a tribute is exacted. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Subsigned p. pr. & vb. n. Subsigning. ] [ L. subsignare; sub under + signare to mark: cf. F. soussigner. See Sign. ] To sign beneath; to subscribe. [ R. ] Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]