Sub*junc"tive (?), a. [L. subjunctivus, fr. subjungere, subjunctum, to
subjoin: cf. F. subjonctif. See Subjoin.] Subjoined or added to
something before said or written.
Subjunctive mood (Gram.), that form of a verb which express the action
or state not as a fact, but only as a conception of the mind still
contingent and dependent. It is commonly subjoined, or added as
subordinate, to some other verb, and in English is often connected with
it by if, that, though, lest, unless, except, until, etc., as in the
following sentence: "If there were no honey, they [bees] would have no
object in visiting the flower." Lubbock. In some languages, as in Latin
and Greek, the subjunctive is often independent of any other verb,
being used in wishes, commands, exhortations, etc.
Sub*junc"tive, n. (Gram.) The subjunctive mood; also, a verb in the
subjunctive mood.
Sub*king"dom (?), n. One of the several primary divisions of either the
animal, or vegetable kingdom, as, in zoölogy, the Vertebrata, Tunicata,
Mollusca, Articulata, Molluscoidea, Echinodermata, Cœlentera, and the
Protozoa; in botany, the Phanerogamia, and the Cryptogamia.
Sub`lap*sa"ri*an (?), n. & a. [Pref. sub + lapse: cf. F. sublapsarien,
sublapsarie.] (Eccl. Hist.) Same as Infralapsarian.
Sub`lap*sa"ri*an*ism (?), n. Infralapsarianism.
Sub*lap"sa*ry (?), a. Sublapsarian. Johnson.
Sub"late (?), v. t. [From sublatus, used as p. p. of tollere to take
away. See Tolerate.] To take or carry away; to remove. [R.] E. Hall.
Sub*la"tion (?), n. [L. sublatio, fr. sublatus, used as p. p. of
tollere to take away.] The act of taking or carrying away; removal.
[R.] Bp. Hall.
Sub"la*tive (?), a. Having power, or tending, to take away. [R.]
Harris.
Sub"lease` (?), n. (Law) A lease by a tenant or lessee to another
person; an underlease. Bouvier.
Sub`les*see" (?), n. A holder of a sublease.
Sub*let" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sublet; p. pr. & vb. n. Subletting.]
To underlet; to lease, as when a lessee leases to another person.
Sub`le*va"tion (?), n. [L. sublevare to lift up; sub under + levare to
lift, raise: cf. L. sublevatio an allevation.] 1. The act of raising on
high; elevation. Sir T. More.