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Definition of Subsense
1. Noun. (lexicography) A sense of a word that reflects a part or aspect of a more general sense ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subsense
1. a subdivision of a sense [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subsense
Literary usage of Subsense
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Grameid: An Heroic Poem Descriptive of the Campaign of Viscount Dundee by James Philip (1888)
"He may mean, as a subsense, that he was a man of many resources, a
Jack-of-all-trades (and does not ' Jack-of-all-trades' rest on the versatility
of Jacque ..."
2. A popular commentary on the New Testament by Daniel Denison Whedon (1876)
"The thought simply is this : That Christianity does, by its very nature, disclose
an underlying subsense in the Old Testament ; not only in its ritual, ..."
3. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"... the more highly charged meaning that it had in the 17th to 19th centuries,
but it has gained a subsense with the meaning “haying lost interest. ..."
4. Mysticism and Modern Life by John Wright Buckham (1915)
"It is at once a supersense and a subsense. The normal use of this sense does not
make a man a mystic. The healthily developed man is ..."
5. Mysticism and Modern Life by John Wright Buckham (1915)
"It is at once a supersense and a subsense. The normal use of this sense does not
make a man a mystic. The healthily developed man is ..."
6. Mysticism and Modern Life by John Wright Buckham (1915)
"It is at once a supersense and a subsense. The normal use of this sense does not
make a man a mystic. The healthily developed man is 10 Addresses, ..."
7. Mind and Health, with an Examination of Some Systems of Divine Healing by Edward Ebenezer Weaver (1913)
"It is at once a supersense and a subsense. The normal use of this sense does not
make man a mystic. The healthily developed man is mystical, ..."
8. Walker Remodelled: Smart's Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language ...by John Walker, Smart by John Walker, Smart (1871)
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