Definition of Subact

1. v. t. To reduce; to subdue.

Definition of Subact

1. to subdue [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: subdue

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subact

sub specie aeterni
suba
subabbot
subabbots
subabdominal
subaccount
subaccounts
subacid
subacidly
subacidness
subacidnesses
subacids
subacoustic
subacrid
subacromial
subact (current term)
subacted
subacting
subaction
subactions
subacts
subacute
subacute bacterial endocarditis
subacute inclusion body encephalitis
subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis
subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
subacutely
subadamantine
subadar
subadars

Literary usage of Subact

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Middle-English Dictionary: Containing Words Used by English Writers from by Francis Henry Stratmann (1891)
"(F.) 4570. subact, adj., ... well worked : in lande subact PALL. xii. 216 ; lying low TREV. I. 145; subject II. ..."

2. The Works of Francis Bacon by John Thomas Scharf, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, William Rawley (1876)
"... but endeavour to subact it into a more dense body ; but in entire bodies it is checked ; because if the air should condense, there is nothing to succeed ..."

3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"... to oppress ; to sink ; to overpower ; to conquer ; to reduce under a new dominion ; to tame ; to subact ; to break. SUBDUER, (inb-dn'-er) ni Conqueror; ..."

4. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1810)
"... to subact this sluggish matter, which, in other bodies, are. variously diverted by the great variety of food fre. quently admitted. ..."

5. Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society by Massachusetts Historical Society (1893)
"... and I now wave & submit my weaker reasonings to his Lordship's subact judgment, for which I have a profound veneration ; and if you can make a rational ..."

6. Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society by Massachusetts Historical Society (1893)
"... and I now wave & submit my weaker reasonings to his Lordship's subact judgment, for which I have a profound veneration ; and if you can make a rational ..."

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