Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 184
Subsequency (n.) (rare) 後來 （順序） The act or state of following; -- opposed to precedence.
Subsequence (n.) Something that follows something else [syn: sequel, subsequence].
Subsequence (n.) Following in time [syn: posteriority, subsequentness, subsequence] [ant: antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency, priority].
Subsequent (a.) [Z] 後來的，其後的，隨後的 [B]；（作為結果而）接著發生的 [B]；繼……之後的 [F] [（+to）] 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.
Subsequent (a.) Following in order of place; succeeding; as, a subsequent clause in a treaty.
Subsequent (a.) Following in time or order; "subsequent developments" [ant: {antecedent}].
Subsequently (adv.) 其後，隨後，接著 At a later time; afterwards.
Subsequently (adv.) Happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here later"; "it didn't happen until afterward"; "two hours after that" [syn: {subsequently}, {later}, {afterwards}, {afterward}, {after}, {later on}].
Subserous (a.) 漿膜下的 Situated under a serous membrane.
Subserve (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. Subservience
Subserved (imp. & p. p.) of Subserve.
Subserving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subserve.
Subserve (v. t.) 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.
Subserve (v.) Be helpful or useful.
Subservience (n.) Alt. of Subserviency.
Subserviency (n.) 有用；裨益；阿諛；屈服 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.
Subservience (n.) The condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan; "all his actions were in subservience to the general plan."
Subservience (n.) In a subservient state [syn: subservience, subservientness].
Subservience (n.) Abject or cringing submissiveness [syn: obsequiousness, servility, subservience].
Subservient (a.) 充當下手的；有用的；奉承的；卑屈的 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.
Subservient (a.) Compliant and obedient to authority; "editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones" -- G. B. Shaw
Subservient (a.) Serving or acting as a means or aid; "instrumental in solving the crime" [syn: implemental, instrumental, subservient].
Subservient (a.) Abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses" -- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient" [syn: slavish, subservient, submissive].
Subserviently (adv.) In a subservient manner.
Subserviently (adv.) In an obsequious manner; "she acts obsequiously toward her boss" [syn: obsequiously, subserviently, servilely].
Subserviently (adv.) 恭順地；屈從地；低聲下氣地 In a way that shows a willingness to do what other people want, or that shows you consider your wishes as less important than those of other people.
// He bowed subserviently to his master.
// I couldn't spend 10 minutes with her, let alone subserviently do her shopping for her.
Subsesqui- () (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.
Subsextuple (a.) Having the ratio of one to six; as, a subsextuple proportion. -- Bp. Wilkins.
Subsided (imp. & p. p.) of Subside.
Subsiding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subside.
Subside (v. i.) 退落；消退；消失；平靜下來，平息；下沉，沉降；沉澱 To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.
Subside (v. i.) To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink. "Heaven's subsiding hill." -- Dryden.
Subside (v. i.) 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}. Subsidence
Subside (v.) Wear off or die down; "The pain subsided" [syn: {subside}, {lessen}].
Subside (v.) Sink to a lower level or form a depression; "the valleys subside."
Subside (v.) Sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm" [syn: {subside}, {settle}].
Subside (v.) Descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair" [syn: {sink}, {subside}].
Subsidence (n.) Alt. of Subsidency.
Subsidency (n.) 沉澱；平靜；下陷 The act or process of subsiding.
The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions. -- Bp. Warburton.
Subsidence (n.) An abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission" [syn: remission, remittal, subsidence].
Subsidence (n.) A gradual sinking to a lower level [syn: settling, subsiding, subsidence].
Subsidence (n.) The sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it [syn: cave in, subsidence].
Subsidiarily (adv.) In a subsidiary manner; so as to assist.
Subsidiaries (n. pl. ) of Subsidiary.
Subsidiary (n.) 子公司，附加物，輔助者 One who, or that which, contributes aid or additional supplies; an assistant; an auxiliary. -- Hammond.
Subsidiary (a.) 補助的，次要的，津貼的 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.
Subsidiary (a.) 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.
Subsidiary (a.) Functioning in a supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches" [syn: {auxiliary}, {subsidiary}, {supplemental}, {supplementary}].
Subsidiary (n.) An assistant subject to the authority or control of another [syn: {subordinate}, {subsidiary}, {underling}, {foot soldier}].
Subsidiary (n.) A company that is completely controlled by another company [syn: {subsidiary company}, {subsidiary}].
Subsidized (imp. & p. p.) of Subsidize.
Subsidizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subsidize.
Subsidize (v. t.) 給與補助金，給與獎助金，賄賂 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.
Subsidize (v.) Support through subsidies; "The arts in Europe are heavily subsidized" [syn: {subsidize}, {subsidise}].
Subsidize (v.) Secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces [syn: {subsidize}, {subsidise}].
Subsidies (n. pl. ) of Subsidy.
Subsidy (n.) 補助金，津貼 Support; aid; cooperation; esp., extraordinary aid in money rendered to the sovereign or to a friendly power.
Subsidy (n.) Specifically: A sum of money paid by one sovereign or nation to another to purchase the cooperation or the neutrality of such sovereign or nation in war.
Subsidy (n.) 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.
Subsidy (n.) A grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public; "a subsidy for research in artificial intelligence".
Subsigned (imp. & p. p.) of Subsign.
Subsigning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subsign.
Subsign (v. t.) To sign beneath; to subscribe. [R.] -- Camden.
Subsignation (n.) The act of writing the name under something, as for attestation. [R.] -- Shelton.
Subsilicate (n.) A basic silicate.
Subsisted (imp. & p. p.) of Subsist.
Subsisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subsist.
Subsist (v. i.) To be; to have existence; to inhere.
And makes what happiness we justly call, Subsist not in the good of one, but all. -- Pope.
Subsist (v. i.) To continue; to retain a certain state.
Firm we subsist, yet possible to swerve. -- Milton.
Subsist (v. i.) To be maintained with food and clothing; to be supported; to live. -- Milton.
To subsist on other men's charity. -- Atterbury.
Subsist (v. t.) To support with provisions; to feed; to maintain; as, to subsist one's family.
He laid waste the adjacent country in order to render it more difficult for the enemy to subsist their army. -- Robertson.
Subsistence (n.) Real being; existence.
Not only the things had subsistence, but the very images were of some creatures existing. -- Stillingfleet.
Subsistence (n.) Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies.
Subsistence (n.) That which furnishes support to animal life; means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; as, a meager subsistence.
His viceroy could only propose to himself a comfortable subsistence out of the plunder of his province. -- Addison.
Subsistence (n.) (Theol.) Same as Hypostasis, 2. -- Hooker.
Subsistency (n.) Subsistence. [R.]
Subsistent (a.) Having real being; as, a subsistent spirit.
Subsistent (a.) Inherent; as, qualities subsistent in matter.
Subsizar (n.) An under sizar; a student of lower rank than a sizar. [Cambridge Univ. Eng.]
Bid my subsizar carry my hackney to the buttery and give him his bever. -- J. Fletcher.
Subsoil (n.) The bed, or stratum, of earth which lies immediately beneath the surface soil.
Subsoil plow, A plow having a share and standard but no moldboard. It follows in the furrow made by an ordinary plow, and loosens the soil to an additional depth without bringing it to the surface. -- Knight.
Subsoil (v. t.) To turn up the subsoil of.
Subsolary (a.) Being under the sun; hence, terrestrial; earthly; mundane. [R.]
Subspecies (n.) A group somewhat lessdistinct than speciesusually are, but based on characters more important than those which characterize ordinary varieties; often, a geographical variety or race.
Subsphenoidal (a.) (Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.
Subspherical (a.) Nearly spherical; having a figure resembling that of a sphere.
Subspinous (a.) (Anat.) Subvertebral.
Subspinous (a.) (Med.) Situated beneath a spinous process, as that of the scapula; as, subspinous dislocation of the humerus.
Substance (n.) That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in which properties inhere; that which is real, in distinction from that which is apparent; the abiding part of any existence, in distinction from any accident; that which constitutes anything what it is; real or existing essence.
These cooks, how they stamp, and strain, and grind, And turn substance into accident! -- Chaucer.
Heroic virtue did his actions guide, And he the substance, not the appearance, chose. -- Dryden.
Substance (n.) The most important element in any existence; the characteristic and essential components of anything; the main part; essential import; purport.
This edition is the same in substance with the Latin. -- Bp. Burnet.
It is insolent in words, in manner; but in substance it is not only insulting, but alarming. -- Burke.
Substance (n.) Body; matter; material of which a thing is made; hence, substantiality; solidity; firmness; as, the substance of which a garment is made; some textile fabrics have little substance.
Substance (n.) Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
And there wasted his substance with riotous living. -- Luke xv. 13.
Thy substance, valued at the highest rate, Can not amount unto a hundred marks. -- Shak.
We are destroying many thousand lives, and exhausting our substance, but not for our own interest. -- Swift.
Substance (n.) (Theol.) Same as Hypostasis, 2.
Substance (v. t.) To furnish or endow with substance; to supply property to; to make rich. [Obs.]
Substance (n.) (Material) (B2) [ C or U ] 物質；材料 Material with particular physical characteristics.
// An organic/ chemical substance.
// What sort of substance could withstand those temperatures?
Illegal substance (Formal) 毒品 An illegal drug.
Substance (n.) (Importance) [ U ] 重要性；要旨；實質；根據 Importance, seriousness, or relationship to real facts.
// There is no substance in/ to the allegation.
// This new information gives substance to the stories we have heard.
Substanceless (a.) Having no substance; unsubstantial. [R.] -- Coleridge.
Substant (a.) Substantial; firm. [R.] "[The glacier's] substant ice." -- The Century.
Substantial (a.) Belonging to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life. -- Milton.
If this atheist would have his chance to be real and substantial agent, he is more stupid than the vulgar. -- Bentley.
Substantial (a.) Not seeming or imaginary; not illusive; real; solid; true; veritable.
If happinessbe a substantial good. -- Denham.
The substantial ornaments of virtue. -- L'Estrange.
Substantial (a.) Corporeal; material; firm. "Most ponderous and substantial things." -- Shak.
The rainbow [appears to be] a large substantial arch. -- I. Watts.
Substantial (a.) Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm; as, substantial cloth; a substantial fence or wall.
Substantial (a.) Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy; responsible; as, a substantial freeholder. "Substantial yeomen and burghers." -- Sir W. Scott.
Substantiality (n.) The quality or state of being substantial; corporiety; materiality.
The soul is a stranger to such gross substantiality. -- Glanvill.
Substantialized (imp. & p. p.) of Substantialize.
Substantializing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Substantialize.
Substantialize (v. t.) To make substantial.
Substantially (adv.) In a substantial manner; in substance; essentially.
In him all his Father shone, Substantially expressed. -- Milton.
The laws of this religion would make men, if they would truly observe them, substantially religious toward God, chastle, and temperate. -- Tillotson.
Substantially (adv.) To a great extent or degree; "I'm afraid the film was well over budget"; "painting the room white made it seem considerably (or substantially) larger"; "the house has fallen considerably in value"; "the price went up substantially" [syn: well, considerably, substantially].
Substantially (adv.) In a strong substantial way; "the house was substantially built."
Substantialness (n.) The quality or state of being substantial; as, the substantialness of a wall or column.
Substantialness (n.) The quality of being substantial or having substance [syn: substantiality, substantialness, solidness] [ant: insubstantiality].
Substantials (n. pl.) Essential parts. -- Ayliffe.
Substantiated (imp. & p. p.) of Substantiate.
Substantiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Substantiate.
Substantiate (v. t.) To make to exist; to make real. -- Ayliffe.
Substantiate (v. t.) To establish the existence or truth of by proof or competent evidence; to verify; as, to substantiate a charge or allegation; to substantiate a declaration.
Observation is, in turn, wanted to direct and substantiate the course of experiment. -- Coleridge.
Substantiate (v.) Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant" [syn: confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm] [ant: contradict, negate].
Substantiate (v.) Represent in bodily form; "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelin the artist" [syn: incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate].
Substantiate (v.) Make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions" [syn: realize, realise, actualize, actualise, substantiate].
Substantiate (v.) Solidify, firm, or strengthen; "The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country."
Substantiation (n.) The act of substantiating or proving; evidence; proof.
Substantiation (n.) Additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory" [syn: confirmation, verification, check, substantiation].
Substantiation (n.) The act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something [syn: validation, proof, substantiation].
Substantival (a.) Of or pertaining to a substantive; of the nature of substantive. -- Sub`stan*ti"val*ly, adv.
Substantival (a.) Of or relating to or having the nature or function of a substantive (i.e. a noun or noun equivalent); "a substantival constituent."
Substantive (a.) Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb to be.
Substantive (a.) Depending on itself; independent.
He considered how sufficient and substantive this land was to maintain itself without any aid of the foreigner. -- Bacon.
Substantive (a.) Enduring; solid; firm; substantial.
Strength and magnitude are qualities which impress the imagination in a powerful and substantive manner. -- Hazlitt.
Substantive (a.) Pertaining to, or constituting, the essential part or principles; as, the law substantive.
Noun substantive (Gram.), A noun which designates an object, material or immaterial; a substantive.
Substantive color, One which communicates its color without the aid of a mordant or base; -- opposed to adjective color.
Substantive (n.) (Gram.) A noun or name; the part of speech which designates something that exists, or some object of thought, either material or immaterial; as, the words man, horse, city, goodness, excellence, are substantives.
Substantive (v. t.) To substantivize. [R.] -- Cudworth.
Substantive (a.) Having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable; "substantial equivalents" [syn: substantial, substantive].
Substantive (a.) Defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established; "substantive law" [syn: substantive, essential] [ant: adjective, procedural].
Substantive (a.) Being on topic and prompting thought; "a meaty discussion" [syn: meaty, substantive].
Substantive (n.) Any word or group of words functioning as a noun.
Substantively (adv.) In a substantive manner; in substance; essentially.
Substantively (adv.) (Gram.) As a substantive, name, or noun; as, an adjective may be used substantively.
Substantiveness (n.) The quality or state of being substantive.
Substantivize (v. t.) To convert into a substantive; as, to substantivize an adjective. -- Fitzed. Hall.
Substile (n.) (Dialing) See Substyle.
Compare: Substyle
Substyle (n.) (Dialing) A right line on which the style, or gnomon, of a dial is erected; being the common section of the face of the dial and a plane perpendicular to it passing through the style. [Written also substile.] -- Hutton.
Substituent (n.) (Chem.) Any atom, group, or radical substituted for another, or entering a molecule in place of some other part which is removed.
Substitute (n.) One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else; specifically.