Subterete to Subverse
Subterete
(Sub`te*rete") a. Somewhat terete.
Subterfluent
(Sub*ter"flu*ent Sub*ter"flu*ous) a. [L. subterfluens, p. pr. of subterfluere to flow beneath;
subter under + fluere to flow.] Running under or beneath. [R.]
Subterfuge
(Sub"ter*fuge) n. [F., from LL. subterfugium, fr. L. subterfugere to flee secretly, to escape;
subter under + fugere to flee. See Fugitive.] That to which one resorts for escape or concealment; an
artifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, or to justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an
evasion.
Affect not little shifts and subterfuges, to avoid the force of an argument.
I. Watts.
By a miserable subterfuge, they hope to render this position safe by rendering it nugatory.
Burke. Subterrane
(Sub"ter*rane) n. [Cf. L. subterraneum, F. souterrain. See Subterranean.] A cave or
room under ground. [R.] J. Bryant.
Subterraneal
(Sub`ter*ra"ne*al) a. Subterranean. [Obs.]
Subterranean
(Sub`ter*ra"ne*an Sub`ter*ra"ne*ous) a. [L. subterraneus; sub under + terra earth. See
Terrace.] Being or lying under the surface of the earth; situated within the earth, or under ground; as,
subterranean springs; a subterraneous passage. — Sub`ter*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv.
Subterranity
(Sub`ter*ran"i*ty) n. A place under ground; a subterrany. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Subterrany
(Sub"ter*ra*ny) a. Subterranean. [Obs.] Bacon. — n. A subterranean place. [Obs.]
Subterrene
(Sub`ter*rene") a. [L. subterrenus, equiv. to subterraneus.] Subterraneous. [Obs.]
Subterrestrial
(Sub`ter*res"tri*al) a. Subterranean.
Subthalamic
(Sub`tha*lam"ic) a. (Anat.) Situated under the optic thalamus.
Subtile
(Sub"tile) a. [L. subtilis. See Subtile.]
1. Thin; not dense or gross; rare; as, subtile air; subtile vapor; a subtile medium.
2. Delicately constituted or constructed; nice; fine; delicate; tenuous; finely woven. "A sotil [subtile] twine's
thread." Chaucer.
More subtile web Arachne can not spin.
Spenser.
I do distinguish plain
Each subtile line of her immortal face.
Sir J. Davies. 3. Acute; piercing; searching.
The slow disease and subtile pain.
Prior. 5. Characterized by nicety of discrimination; discerning; delicate; refined; subtle. [In this sense now commonly
written subtle.]
The genius of the Spanish people is exquisitely subtile, without being at all acute; hence there is so
much humor and so little wit in their literature. The genius of the Italians, on the contrary, is acute, profound,
and sensual, but not subtile; hence what they think to be humorous, is merely witty.
Coleridge.
The subtile influence of an intellect like Emerson's.
Hawthorne.
