Suburban
(Sub*ur"ban) a. [L. suburbanus.] Of or pertaining to suburbs; inhabiting, or being in, the
suburbs of a city. "Suburban taverns." Longfellow.
Suburban villas, highway-side retreats, . . .
Delight the citizen.
Cowper. Suburban
(Sub*ur"ban), n. One who dwells in the suburbs.
Suburbed
(Sub"urbed) a. Having a suburb or suburbs on its outer part.
Suburbial
(Sub*ur"bi*al Sub*ur"bi*an) a. Suburban. [Obs.] "Suburbial fields." Warton. "Suburbian muse."
Dryden.
Suburbicarian
(Sub*ur`bi*ca"ri*an Sub*ur"bi*ca*ry) , a. [LL. suburbicarius, equiv. to L. suburbanus: cf.
F. suburbicaire. See Suburban.] Being in the suburbs; — applied to the six dioceses in the suburbs of
Rome subject to the pope as bishop of Rome.
The pope having stretched his authority beyond the bounds of his suburbicarian precincts.
Barrow. Suburethral
(Sub`u*re"thral) a. (Anat.) Situated under the urethra, or under its orifice.
Subvaginal
(Sub*vag"i*nal) a. (Anat.) Situated under or inside a sheath or vaginal membrane; as, the
subvaginal, or subdural, spaces about the optic nerve.
Subvariety
(Sub`va*ri"e*ty) n.; pl. -ties A subordinate variety, or a division of a variety.
Subvene
(Sub*vene") v. i. [imp. & p. p. Subvened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Subvening.] [Pref. sub- + L.
venire to come. See Subvention.] To come under, as a support or stay; to happen.
A future state must needs subvene to prevent the whole edifice from falling into ruin.
Bp. Warburton. Subventaneous
(Sub`ven*ta"ne*ous) a. [Pref. sub- + L. ventus wind.] Produced by the wind. [Obs.]
Subvention
(Sub*ven"tion) n. [F., fr. LL. subventio, fr. L. subvenire to come up to one's assistance, to
assist. See Souvenir, and cf. Subvene.]
1. The act of coming under. "The subvention of a cloud." Stackhouse.
2. The act of relieving, as of a burden; support; aid; assistance; help.
3. A government aid or bounty.
Subvention
(Sub*ven"tion), v. t. To subventionize.
Subventionize
(Sub*ven"tion*ize) v. t. To come to the aid of; to subsidize; to support.
Subventitious
(Sub`ven*ti"tious) a. Helping; aiding; supporting. Urquhart.
Subverse
(Sub*verse") v. t. [L. subversus, p. p. of subvertere. See Subvert.] To subvert. [Obs.]
Spenser.
