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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
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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