• SUBREPTION
n. 1. sudden or unforeseen attack, as of temptation …1632 obs.
n. 2. a fallacious or deceptive representation …1865
• SUBREPTITIOUS
adj. clandestine, surreptitious …1610
• SUBREPTIVE
adj. surreptitious …1611
• SUBRIDE
vb. to smile …1623 obs. rare
• SUBRIDENT
adj. smiling …1897
• SUBRIGE
vb. to raise up; to lift up by little and little …1623 obs.
• SUBRIGUOUS
adj. moist, wet, and watery underneath …1656 obs.
• SUBRISION
n. a smiling …1658 rare
• SUBRISIVE
adj. smiling, playful …1867
• SUBRISORY
adj. smiling, playful …1860
• SUBROGATE
adj. put in the place of another …1432-50 obs.
vb. 1. to elect or appoint in the place of another; to substitute in an office …1538 obs.
vb. 2. to substitute a thing for another …a1548 rare
• SUBROGATION
n. substitution …1418-20 obs.
• SUBROGE
vb. to elect or appoint in the place of another; to substitute in an office …1600 obs. rare
• SUB ROSA
adv. secretly, confidentially …Bk1904 colloq.
• SUBROTUND
adj. somewhat or almost rotund, roundish …1743
• SUBROTUNDATE
adj. somewhat or almost rotund, roundish …1847
• SUBROTUNDOUS
adj. approaching to roundness …1775
• SUBROUND
adj. roundish …c1789 obs.
• SUBRUINAN
adj. underneath ruins …1881
• SUBSALIENT
adj. moving by leaps, spasmodic …1716 obs. rare
• SUBSALT
vb. to jump up …1623 obs. rare
• SUBSALTATORY
adj. characterized by a slight dancing motion …1860 rare
• SUBSANNATE
vb. to deride, to scorn, to mock …1656 obs.
• SUBSANNATION
n. mockery, derision, scorn …1620 obs.
• SUBSANNATOR
n. a mocker …1517 obs.
• SUBSANNE
vb. to deride, to scorn, to mock …a1619 obs.
• SUBSCRIVE
vb. to subscribe …c1470 Sc. obs.
• SUBSECIVE
adj. remaining over, spare; chiefly used in ‘subsecive hours’ …1613 now obs. or rare
• SUBSECT
vb. to subdivide …1654 obs.
• SUBSECUTE
vb. to follow up, to pursue …a1548 obs. rare
• SUBSECUTIVE
adj. subsequent …1611 obs. raer
• SUBSEQUENCY
n. the fact or condition of following …1705 obs. rare
• SUBSERVANT
n. an inferior servant …1661 obs. rare
• SUBSERVE
vb. 1. to be subservient to …a1619
vb. 2. to act in a subordinate position …1671 obs. rare
vb. 3. to be instrumental in furthering or assisting a purpose, object, action, etc; to promote or assist by supplying an instrument or means …1677
• SUBSERVIATE
vb. to make subservient or subordinate …1893
• SUBSERVIENTNESS
n. subservience …1727 rare
• SUBSETTLE
n. an under-tenant …1583 obs.
• SUBSIDATE
vb. to sink in …1653 obs. rare
• SUBSIDATION
n. a depression …1838
• SUBSIDIAL
adj. maintained or retained by subsidies …1798 obs. rare
• SUBSIDIUM
n. a help, aid, subsidy …1640
• SUBSIDUOUS
adj. assisting, subsidiary …1490 obs. rare
• SUBSIDY
n. help, aid, assistance …1387 obs. or arch.
• SUBSIST
vb. 1. to keep on, to persevere …1632 obs.
vb. 2. to cease, to stop at a certain point …a1637 obs.
vb. 3. to support life, to keep alive, to live …1727 obs.
• SUBSISTENT
adj. 1. continuing in existence, lasting …1603 obs.
adj. 2. existing substantially or really; existing of or by itself …1617 now rare or obs.
n. a subordinate, an inferior …1598 obs.
• SUBSISTIBLE
adj. able to subsist …1675 obs. rare
• SUBSIZAR
n. a menial, a lackey …1602 obs.
• SUBSORTITION
n. selection by lot to fill the place of another …1656 obs. rare
• SUBSTAIN
vb. to sustain …1401 obs.
• SUBSTANCE
n. at Westminster School: an older pupil who is responsible for the proper conduct of a new boy, called his ‘shadow’ …1845
• SUBSTANCED
adj. furnished with wealth …1615 obs.
• SUBSTANCES
n. riches, possessions …1382 obs.
• SUBSTANDER
n. a thing that subsists …1662 obs.
• SUBSTANT
adj. substantial; subsistent …1660 rare
• SUBSTANTIAL
adj. of persons, their constitution, etc.: sturdy, strong, burly …c1400 obs.
• THE SUBSTANTIAL
n. persons of influence …1568 obs.
• SUBSTANTIOUS
adj. 1. weighty, important; solid, firm; effective …1483 chiefly Sc. obs.
adj. 2. wealthy, well-to-do …1517 chiefly Sc. obs.
adj. 3. of structures: substantial, solid …1529 chiefly Sc. obs.
adj. 4. considerable in amount or number …1569 chiefly Sc. obs.
• SUBSTANTIOUSNESS
n. wealth …1596 Sc. obs. rare
• SUBSTANTIVE
adj. 1. of persons, nations, etc.: independent, self-existent, self-sufficient …c1470
adj. 2. of considerable amount or quantity …1821
adj. 3. having an actual or real existence; not imaginary or illusory; real …1830
n. a self-subsisting or independent person or thing …1613 obs.
• SUBSTITUTE BROKER
n. an agent whose business was to secure men to enlist as substitutes for men called to serve …US Civil War usage
• SUBSTITUTORY
adj. serving as a substitute …1887
• SUBSTRA
vb. to subtract …1557 obs. rare
• SUBSTRACT
vb. 1. to withdraw, to withhold from …1604 obs.
vb. 2. to take away, to deduct, to subtract …1613
vb. 3. to belittle, to disparage …1728 obs.
• SUBSTRACTION
n. subtraction, deduction …1596
• SUBSTRACTIONARY
adj. of subtraction …1674 obs.
• SUBSTRACTOR
n. a detractor, a slanderer, a calumniator …1601 obs. rare
• SUBSTRUCT
vb. to construct beneath; to lay as a foundation …1847 rare
• SUBSTRUCTION
n. a basis, foundation …1765
• SUBSULT
vb. to leap, to hop, to jump about …1656 obs. rare
• SUBSULTATION
n. a hopping or jumping up and down …1650 obs. rare
• SUBSULTIVE
adj. making or moving by sudden leaps, bounds, or starts …1750 rare
• SUBSULTORILY
adv. by sudden bounds or starts …1626
• SUBSULTORIOUS
adj. making or moving by sudden leaps, bounds, or starts …1898
• SUBSULTORY
adj. making or moving by sudden leaps, bounds, or starts …1638
• SUBSUME
vb. 1. to assume; to infer …1643 obs.
vb. 2. to resume, to summarize …a1677 obs.
• SUBTECTACLE
n. covering, protection …1609 obs. rare
• SUBTERRANEAN
n. a hipster …1950s Amer. sl.
• SUBTERANNUATING
n. the placing of an event later than its actual date …1656
• SUBTERAQUEAN
adj. living, situated, performed, etc. under water …1865 rare
• SUBTERAQUEOUS
adj. living, situated, performed, etc. under water …1682 rare
• SUBTERDUCTION
n. a carrying away secretly …1656
• SUBTERFLUENT
adj. flowing underneath …1755 obs.
• SUBTERFLUOUS
adj. flowing underneath …1656 obs.
• SUBTERFUGE
n. 1. a place to which a person escapes; a retreat, refuge …1616 obs.
n. 2. that which conceals; a ‘cloak’ …1635 obs.
vb. to escape, to evade; to get out of …1641 obs. rare
• SUBTERFUGING
adj. evasive; employing subterfuges …1802 obs.
• SUBTERFUGY
n. a subterfuge …1637 obs. rare
• SUBTERMARINE
n. one who works under the sea …1891
• SUBTERPOSE
vb. to place underneath …1894 rare
• SUBTERPOSITION
n. a placing below, position underneath …1833 rare
• SUB-TERRA
adj. subterranean; below the surface of the earth, underground …1841 rare
• SUBTERRANE
adj. subterranean; below the surface of the earth, underground …1614 rare
• SUBTERRANE
n. an underground cave, chamber, or dwelling …1774 rare
• SUBTERRANEAL
adj. 1. underground …1592 obs.
adj. 2. belonging to the lower regions; infernal …1651 obs.
• SUBTERRANEAN
n. 1. one who lives under ground; a cave-dweller …1625
n. 2. an underground cave, chamber, or dwelling …1797
• SUBTERRANEITY
n. the condition of being subterranean; a place or thing found underground …1686 obs. rare
• SUBTERRANEOUS
adj. below the surface of the earth; underground …1607 rare
• SUBTERRANEOUSLY
adv. secretly; in the dark …1791-1823
• SUBTERRANITY
n. the condition of being subterranean; a place or thing found underground …1646 obs. or rare
• SUBTERRANY
adj. subterranean; underground …1626 obs. rare
• SUBTERRENE
adj. 1. subterranean; underground …1610
adj. 2. infernal …1836
n. an underground dwelling, etc. …1854
• THE SUBTERRENE
n. the underworld …c1873
• SUBTERRENEAN
adj. subterranean, underground …1670 obs. rare
• SUBTERRESTRIAL
adj. 1. subterranean, underground …1613 rare
adj. 2. of animate things: living or working underground …1615 obs.
n. a creature living underground …1800
• SUBTILE
adj. 1. of persons: clever, dexterous, skilful …c1374 obs.
adj. 2. of fine or delicate texture …c1381
adj. 3. cleverly devised; ingeniously contrived; ingenious …c1384 obs.
adj. 4. crafty, artful, sly, cunning …c1385
adj. 5. difficult, abstruse …c1386 obs.
adj. 6. of a voice: thin …1398 obs.
adj. 7. of small thickness, thin, fine …a1425
adj. 8. discriminating, discerning; characterized by sagacity …1474
adj. 9. fine, delicate …1599
adj. 10. of feeling, sense: acute, keen …1610
vb. 1. to make subtile or thin …1471 obs.
vb. 2. to imagine craftily …1537 obs.
• SUBTILELY
adv, 1. craftily, cunningly …c1385 now rare or obs.
adv. 2. cleverly, dexterously; also, with acuteness or perspicacity …c1400 now rare or obs.
• SUBTILENESS
n. 1. thinness, tenuity …1398 obs.
n. 2. cunning, craftiness, slyness …1474 obs.
• SUBTILESSE
n. subtlety …1471 obs. rare
• SUBTILISM
n. subtle doctrine …1855 rare
• SUBTILIST
n. one who is addicted to subtleties …1667 rare
• SUBTILITY
n. 1. skill, cleverness, ingenuity …c1375 obs.
n. 2. cunning, craftiness …1375 obs.
n. 3. acuteness, perspicacity, subtlety …1388
n. 4. a cunning of crafty scheme; an artifice, a dodge …1390 obs.
n. 5. delicacy, intricacy …1601
• SUBTILIZE
vb. 1. to argue or reason in a subtle manner; to split hairs …1592
vb. 2. to exalt, to elevate, to refine …1638
• SUBTILLY
adv. 1. craftily, cunningly …c1385 now rare or obs.
adv. 2. cleverly, dexterously; also, with acuteness or perspicacity …c1400 now rare or obs.
• SUBTILTY
n. 1. cunning, craftiness, guile …c1374 obs.
n. 2. a cunning or clever device, artifice, stratagem …c1386 obs.
n. 3. acuteness; penetration; perspicacity …c1386 obs.
n. 4. skill, cleverness, dexterity …c1386 obs.
• SUBTLE
adj. 1. of craftsmen, etc.: skilful, clever, expert, dexterous …a1300 arch.
adj. 2. of things: characterized by cleverness or ingenuity in conception or execution; cleverly designed or executed, artfully contrived …a1300 obs.
adj. 3. crafty, cunning; treacherously or wickedly cunning; insidiously sly, wily …1357 obs.
adj. 4. of small thickness or breadth; thin, slender, fine …1382 obs.
adj. 5. of food: delicate, light …a1400-50 obs.
vb. 1. to argue subtly …a1340 obs.
vb. 2. to devise cleverly …1377 obs.
vb. 3. to scheme, to plan craftily …c1380 obs.
• SUBTLEHEAD
n. subtlety …1340 obs. rare
• SUBTLESHIP
n. subtlety …1614 obs. rare
• SUBTLETY
n. 1. abstruseness, complexity, intricacy …a1300 obs.
n. 2. a wily stratagem or trick, something craftily invented; a crafty or cunning device, an artifice …1375 obs.
n. 3. skill, cleverness, dexterity …c1375 obs.
• SUBTLIZE
vb. to indulge in subtleties …1821 rare
• SUBTLY
adv. 1. with craft or guile; craftily, treacherously, deceitfully, insidiously …c1325 obs.
adv. 2. cleverly, dexterously, skilfully; ingeniously, artfully, cunningly …c1350 arch.
• SUBTRACT
vb. 1. to withdraw or withhold a thing that is or may be used or enjoyed …1548 obs. exc. arch.
vb. 2. to remove from a place or position …1574 obs.
• SUBTRACTION
n. 1. withdrawal or removal from a place …c1400 obs.
n. 2. the withdrawal or withholding of something due, necessary, or useful …c1450 obs.
n. 3. detraction; depreciation …1890 rare
• SUBTRAY
vb. to subtract …c1425 obs.
• SUBTRIST
adj. somewhat sad …1820 rare
• SUBTRUDE
vb. 1. to thrust under …a1846
vb. 2. to thrust itself in stealthily …1898
• SUBULON
n. a young hart (with straight unbranched horns) …1607 obs.
• SUBUMBER
vb. to shelter …c1470 obs. rare
• SUBURBAN-ROARER
a pimp; a bawdy-house bully …1659 sl.
• SUBURB-DRAB
n. a whore …1678 sl.
• SUBURB-GARDEN
n. a brothel …1583 sl.
• SUBURBIAL
adj. suburban …1602 obs. rare
• SUBURBIAN
adj. suburban …1606 obs.
n. a resident in the suburbs …1607 obs.
• SUBURBICARY
adj. suburban …1654 obs.
• SUBURBLES
n. suburbs …a1400 obs.
• SUBURB SINNER
n. a loose woman, a prostitute; a whore …1598
• SUBURB-TRADE
n. harlotry …Bk1904 sl.
• SUBURB TRICKS
n. sexual variations as offered by a whore …1632 sl.
• SUBURB-WENCH
n. a whore …Bk1904 sl.
• SUBVECT
vb. to bring forward …1641 obs. rare
• SUBVENE
vb. to come as a relief or remedy …1756 obs. rare
• SUBVENT
vb. to come to the help of …a1630 obs. rare
• SUBVENTION
n. the provision of help, support, or relief; an instance of this …1535 obs.
• SUBVENTIVE
adj. giving help or support …1871 rare
• SUBVERSAL
n. subversion …1893 rare
• SUBVERSE
vb. to subvert, to upset …1590 rare
• SUBVERSION
n. 1. overthrow, demolition of a city, stronghold, etc. …1382 obs.
n. 2. the turning of a thing upside down or uprooting it from its position; overturning, upsetting of an object …1670 rare
• SUBVERSIONARY
adj. tending to subvert or overthrow …a1846 rare
• SUBVERSIVE
adj. tending to subvert or overthrow …1644
• SUBVERSOR
n. a subverter; one who overthrows …a1548 obs. rare
• SUBVERT
vb. 1. to undermine the character, loyalty, or faith of; to corrupt, to pervert a person …c1375 rare
vb. 2. to overthrow; to raze to the ground (a town or city, structure, edifice) …1382 obs.
vb. 3. to upset, to overturn an object …1543-4 obs.
vb. 4. to upset the stomach or appetite …1620 obs.
• SUBVERTISE
vb. to overthrow, to overturn …1484 obs. rare
• SUBVIRATE
n. one whose manhood is imperfect …1861 nonce word obs.
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