You owe me no subscription.
Shak.
5. (Pharm.) That part of a prescription which contains the direction to
the apothecary.
Sub*scrip"tive (?), a. Of or pertaining to a subscription, or
signature. "The subscriptive part." Richardson. -- Sub*scrip"tive*ly,
adv.
Sub"se*cute (?), v. t. [L. subsecutus, p. p. of subsequi. See
Subsequent.] To follow closely, or so as to overtake; to pursue. [Obs.]
To follow and detain him, if by any possibility he could be
subsecuted and overtaken.
E. Hall.
Sub*sec"u*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. subsécutif.] Following in a train or
succession. [R.]
||Sub*sel"li*um (?), n.; pl. Subsellia (#). [L.] (Eccl. Arch.) One of
||the stalls of the lower range where there are two ranges. See Illust.
||of Stall.
Sub*sem"i*tone (?), n. (Mus.) The sensible or leading note, or sharp
seventh, of any key; subtonic.
Sub*sen"si*ble (?), a. Deeper than the reach of the senses. "That
subsensible world." Tyndall.
Sub*sep"tu*ple (?), a. Having the ratio of one to seven. Bp. Wilkins.
{ Sub"se*quence (?), Sub"se*quen*cy (?), } n. The act or state of
following; -- opposed to precedence.
Sub"se*quent (?), a. [L. subsequens, -entis, p. pr. of subsequi to
follow, succeed: cf. F. subséquent. See Sue to follow.] 1. Following in
time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely;
as, subsequent events; subsequent ages or years; a period long
subsequent to the foundation of Rome.
2. Following in order of place; succeeding; as, a subsequent clause in
a treaty. "The subsequent words come on before the precedent vanish."
Bacon.
Sub"se*quent*ly, adv. At a later time; afterwards.
Sub*se"rous (?), a. (Anat.) Situated under a serous membrane.
Sub*serve" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subserved (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Subserving.] [L. subservire; sub under + servire to serve. See Serve.]
To serve in subordination or instrumentally; to be subservient to; to
help forward; to promote.
It is a great credit to know the ways of captivating Nature, and
making her subserve our purposes, than to have learned all the
intrigues of policy.
Glanvill.
Sub*serve", v. i. To be subservient or subordinate; to serve in an
inferior capacity.
Not made to rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command.
Milton.
{ Sub*serv"i*ence (?), Sub*serv"i*en*cy (?) }, n. The quality or state
of being subservient; instrumental fitness or use; hence, willingness
to serve another's purposes; in a derogatory sense, servility.
The body wherein appears much fitness, use, and subserviency to
infinite functions.
Bentley.
There is a regular subordination and subserviency among all the
parts to beneficial ends.
Cheyne.
Sub*serv"i*ent (?), a. [L. subserviens, -entis, p. pr. See Subserve.]
Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving
to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling.
Scarce ever reading anything which he did not make subservient in
one kind or other.
Bp. Fell.
These ranks of creatures are subservient one to another.
Ray.
Their temporal ambition was wholly subservient to their
proselytizing spirit.
Burke.
Sub*serv"i*ent*ly, adv. In a subservient manner.
Sub*ses"qui- (?). [Pref. sub- + sesqui-.] (Chem.) A prefix (also used
adjectively) denoting the combination of constituents (especially
electro-negative and electro- positive bodies) in the proportion of two
to three; as, a subsesqui acetate, i. e., a salt having two equivalents
of acetic acid to three of the base.
Sub*sex"tu*ple (?), a. Having the ratio of one to six; as, a
subsextuple proportion. Bp. Wilkins.
Sub*side" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Subsided; p. pr. & vb. n.
Subsiding.] [L. subsidere; sub under, below + sidere to sit down, to
settle; akin to sedere to sit, E. sit. See Sit.] 1. To sink or fall to
the bottom; to settle, as lees.
2. To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink. "Heaven's
subsiding hill." Dryden.
3. To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to
settle down; to become tranquil; to abate; as, the sea subsides; the
tumults of war will subside; the fever has subsided. "In cases of
danger, pride and envy naturally subside." C. Middleton.
Syn. -- See Abate.
{ Sub*sid"ence (?), Sub*sid"en*cy (?), } n. [L. subsidens, -entis, p.
pr. of subsidere. See Subside.] The act or process of subsiding.
The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions.
Bp. Warburton.
Sub*sid"i*a*ri*ly (?), adv. In a subsidiary manner; so as to assist.
Sub*sid"i*a*ry (?), a. [L. subsidiarius: cf. F. subsidiaire. See
Subsidy.] 1. Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary;
especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity; as, a
subsidiary stream.
Chief ruler and principal head everywhere, not suffragant and
subsidiary.
Florio.
They constituted a useful subsidiary testimony of another state of
existence.
Coleridge.
2. Of or pertaining to a subsidy; constituting a subsidy; being a part
of, or of the nature of, a subsidy; as, subsidiary payments to an ally.
George the Second relied on his subsidiary treaties.
Ld. Mahon.
Sub*sid"i*a*ry, n.; pl. Subsidiaries (&?;). One who, or that which,
contributes aid or additional supplies; an assistant; an auxiliary.
Hammond.
Sub"si*dize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subsidized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Subsidizing (?).] [From Subsidy.] To furnish with a subsidy; to
purchase the assistance of by the payment of a subsidy; to aid or
promote, as a private enterprise, with public money; as, to subsidize a
steamship line.
He employed the remittances from Spain to subsidize a large body of
German mercenaries.
Prescott.
Sub"si*dy (?), n.; pl. Subsidies (#). [L. subsidium the troops
stationed in reserve in the third line of battlem reserve, support,
help, fr. subsidere to sit down, lie in wait: cf. F. subside. See
Subside.] 1. Support; aid; coöperation; esp., extraordinary aid in
money rendered to the sovereign or to a friendly power.
They advised the king to send speedy aids, and with much alacrity
granted a great rate of subsidy.
Bacon.
Subsidies were taxes, not immediately on on property, but on persons in
respect of their reputed estates, after the nominal rate of 4s. the
pound for lands, and 2s. 8d. for goods. Blackstone.
2. Specifically: A sum of money paid by one sovereign or nation to
another to purchase the coöperation or the neutrality of such sovereign
or nation in war.
3. A grant from the government, from a municipal corporation, or the
like, to a private person or company to assist the establishment or
support of an enterprise deemed advantageous to the public; a
subvention; as, a subsidy to the owners of a line of ocean steamships.
Syn. -- Tribute; grant. -- Subsidy, Tribute. A subsidy is voluntary; a
tribute is exacted.
Sub*sign" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subsigned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Subsigning.] [L. subsignare; sub under + signare to mark: cf. F.
soussigner. See Sign.] To sign beneath; to subscribe. [R.] Camden.
Sub`sig*na"tion (?), n. [L. subsignatio.] The act of writing the name
under something, as for attestation. [R.] Shelton.
Sub*sil"i*cate (?), n. A basic silicate.
Sub*sist" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Subsisted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Subsisting.] [L. subsistere to stand still, stay, remain alive; sub
under + sistere to stand, to cause to stand, from stare to stand: cf.
F. subsister. See Stand.] 1. To be; to have existence; to inhere.
And makes what happiness we justly call, Subsist not in the good of
one, but all.
Pope.