7. That in which any quality, attribute, or relation, whether spiritual
or material, inheres, or to which any of these appertain; substance;
substratum.
That which manifests its qualities -- in other words, that in which
the appearing causes inhere, that to which they belong - - is
called their subject or substance, or substratum.
Sir W. Hamilton.
8. Hence, that substance or being which is conscious of its own
operations; the mind; the thinking agent or principal; the ego. Cf.
Object, n., 2.
The philosophers of mind have, in a manner, usurped and
appropriated this expression to themselves. Accordingly, in their
hands, the phrases conscious or thinking subject, and subject, mean
precisely the same thing.
Sir W. Hamilton.
9. (Mus.) The principal theme, or leading thought or phrase, on which a
composition or a movement is based.
The earliest known form of subject is the ecclesiastical cantus
firmus, or plain song.
Rockstro.
10. (Fine Arts) The incident, scene, figure, group, etc., which it is
the aim of the artist to represent.
Sub*ject" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subjected (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Subjecting.] 1. To bring under control, power, or dominion; to make
subject; to subordinate; to subdue.
Firmness of mind that subjects every gratification of sense to the
rule of right reason.