Subpœnal to Subsistence

Subpœnal
(Sub*pœ"nal) a. Required or done under penalty. Gauden.

Subpolar
(Sub*po"lar) a. Situated below the poles.

Subpolygonal
(Sub`po*lyg"o*nal) a. Approximately polygonal; somewhat or almost polygonal.

Subprehensile
(Sub`pre*hen"sile) a. Somewhat prehensile; prehensile in an inferior degree.

Subprior
(Sub*pri"or) n. [Pref. sub + prior: cf. F. sous-prieur.] (Eccl.) The vicegerent of a prior; a claustral officer who assists the prior.

Subpubic
(Sub*pu"bic) a. (Anat.) Situated under, or posterior to, the pubic bones.

Subpulmonary
(Sub*pul"mo*na*ry) a. (Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the lungs.

Subpurchaser
(Sub*pur"chas*er) n. A purchaser who buys from a purchaser; one who buys at second hand.

Subpyriform
(Sub*pyr"i*form) a. Somewhat pyriform.

Subquadrate
(Sub*quad"rate) a. Nearly or approximately square; almost square.

Subquadruple
(Sub*quad"ru*ple) a. Containing one part of four; in the ratio of one to four; as, subquadruple proportion. Bp. Wilkins.

Subquinquefid
(Sub*quin"que*fid) a. Almost quinquefid; nearly quinquefid.

Subquintuple
(Sub*quin"tu*ple) a. Having the ratio of one to five; as, subquintuple proportion. Bp. Wilkins.

Subreader
(Sub*read"er) n. (Law) An under reader in the inns of court, who reads the texts of law the reader is to discourse upon. [Eng.] Crabb.

Subrector
(Sub*rec"tor) n. An assistant restor. [Eng.]

Subreligion
(Sub`re*li"gion) n. A secondary religion; a belief or principle held in a quasi religious veneration.

Loyalty is in the English a subreligion.
Emerson.

Subreption
(Sub*rep"tion) n. [L. subreptio, fr. subripere, subreptum, to snatch or take away secretly: cf. F. subreption. See Surreptitious.] The act of obtaining a favor by surprise, or by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts. Bp. Hall.

Subreptitious
(Sub`rep*ti"tious) a. [L. subreptitius. See Surreptitious.] Surreptitious. [Obs.] — Sub`rep*ti"tious*ly adv. [Obs.]

Subreptive
(Sub*rep"tive) a. [L. subreptivus.] Surreptitious. [Obs.]

Subrigid
(Sub*rig"id) a. Somewhat rigid or stiff.

Subriguous
(Sub*rig"u*ous) a. [L. subriguus; sub under + riguus watered, akin to rigare to water.] Watered or wet beneath; well- watered. [Obs.] Blount.

Subrogate
(Sub"ro*gate) v. t. [L. subrogatus, p. p. of subrogare. See Surrogate.] To put in the place of another; to substitute. Barrow.


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