Our religion requires from us . . . to submit to pain, disgrace,
and even death.
Rogers.
Sub*mit"ter (?), n. One who submits. Whitlock.
Sub*mon"ish (?), v. t. [L. submonere. See Summon, and -ish.] To
suggest; to prompt. [R.] "The submonishing inclinations of my senses."
T. Granger.
Sub`mo*ni"tion (?), n. [LL. submonitio.] Suggestion; prompting. [R.] T.
Granger.
Sub*mu"cous (?), a. (Anat.) Situated under a mucous membrane.
Sub*mul"ti*ple (?), n. (Math.) A number or quality which is contained
in another an exact number of times, or is an aliquot part of it; thus,
7 is the submultiple of 56, being contained in it eight times.
Sub*mul"ti*ple, a. (Math.) Of or pertaining to a submultiple; being a
submultiple; as, a submultiple number; submultiple ratio.
Sub*mus"cu*lar (?), a. Situated underneath a muscle or muscles.
Sub`nar*cot"ic (?), a. (Med.) Moderately narcotic.
Sub*na"sal (?), a. (Anat.) Situated under the nose; as, the subnasal
point, or the middle point of the inferior border of the anterior nasal
aperture.
Sub*nas"cent (?), a. [L. subnascens, p. pr. of subnasci to grow under;
sub under + nasci to be born.] Growing underneath. [R.] Evelyn.
Sub*nect" (?), v. t. [L. subnectere, subnextum; sub under + nectere to
tie.] To tie or fasten beneath; to join beneath. [R.] Pope.
Sub*nex" (?), v. t. [See Subnect.] To subjoin; to subnect. [Obs.]
Holland.
Sub*nor"mal (?), n. (Geom.) That part of the axis of a curved line
which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal.
Sub`no*ta"tion (?), n. [L. subnotatio a signing underneath, fr.
subnotare to subscribe; sub under + notare to note or mark.] A
rescript. Bouvier.
Sub*no`to*chor"dal (?), a. (Anat.) Situated on the ventral side of the
notochord; as, the subnotochordal rod.
Sub*nu"vo*lar (?), a. [Pref. sub + It. nuvola cloud: cf. L. subnubilus
somewhat cloudy.] Under the clouds; attended or partly covered or
obscured by clouds; somewhat cloudy. [R. & Poetic]
Subnuvolar lights of evening sharply slant.
Milnes.
Sub`ob*scure"ly (?), adv. Somewhat obscurely or darkly. [R.] Donne.
Sub`ob*tuse" (?), a. Partially obtuse.
Sub`oc*cip"i*tal (?), a. (Anat.) Situated under, or posterior to, the
occiput; as, the suboccipital, or first cervical, nerve.
{ Sub*oc"tave (?), Sub*oc"tu*ple (?), } a. Containing one part of
eight; having the ratio of one to eight. Bp. Wilkins.
Sub*oc"u*lar (?), a. [Pref. sub + ocular: cf. L. subocularis.] (Anat.)
Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the eye.
Sub*of"fi*cer (?), n. [Pref. sub + officer: cf. F. sous-officer.] An
under or subordinate officer.
Sub`o*per"cu*lar (?), a. (Anat.) Situated below the operculum;
pertaining to the suboperculum. -- n. The suboperculum.
Sub`o*per"cu*lum (?), n. [NL. See Sub-, Operculum.] (Anat.) The lower
opercular bone in fishes.
{ Sub`or*bic"u*lar (?), Sub`or*bic"u*late (?), } a. Almost orbiculate
or orbicular.
{ Sub*or"bit*al (?), Sub*or"bit*ar (?), } a. (Anat.) Situated under or
below the orbit.
Sub*or"der (?), n. (Nat. Hist.) A division of an order; a group of
genera of a little lower rank than an order and of greater importance
than a tribe or family; as, cichoraceous plants form a suborder of
Compositæ.
Sub*or"di*na*cy (?), n. [See Subordinate.] The quality or state of
being subordinate, or subject to control; subordination, as, to bring
the imagination to act in subordinacy to reason. Spectator.
{ Sub*or"di*nance (?), Sub*or"di*nan*cy (?) }, n. [Pref. sub + L.
ordinans, p. pr. of ordinare. See Subordinate, a.] Subordinacy;
subordination. [Obs.] Dr. H. More. Sir W. Temple.
Sub*or"di*na*ry (?), n. (Her.) One of several heraldic bearings
somewhat less common than an ordinary. See Ordinary.
Different writers name different bearings as subordinaries, but the
bar, bend, sinister, pile, inescutcheon bordure, gyron, and quarter,
are always considered subordinaries by those who do not class them as
ordinaries.
Sub*or"di*nate (?), a. [Pref. sub + L. ordinatus, p. p. of ordinare to
set in order, to arrange. See Ordain.] 1. Placed in a lower order,
class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.
The several kinds and subordinate species of each are easily
distinguished.
Woodward.