subsequent 
subsequent (sub'se-kwont), a. [< L. xubsr- 
</il<-ll(t-).t, ppr. nf Xllhslijili, follow clo^e after, < 
mill, under, after, + xcqui, follow: sec sn/iii-nl. ] 
1. Following iu time; happening or existing 
at any Inter time, indefinitely: as. xii/wi/unit 
events; xii/wi/m-nt ages. 
This article Is Introduced as subsequent to the treaty of 
Minister. Swift. 
MislLeochares'sl hron/c group of the eagle carrying up 
I .:HIS riM>,lc \V!IB a lloM invention, Illhl :IH sllell WHS duly lip 
preehiteil. if \ve iiiJiv jil'ik'e from mib*ei[uent n prt jliori^ nt 
tin- motive. A. S. Murray, Ureek Sculpture, II. 323. 
2. Following in the order of place or succession; 
succeeding: as, a.niili.tfi/ii< i nl cl:inse in ;i treats. 
The fitbtittjtti-nt words come on before the precedent 
vanish. Bacon. 
3. Following as a consequence : as, a snlisi-- 
quent illness after exposure. 
On any physical hypothesis of the formation of the uni- 
verse . . . there ought to have been diffused light first. 
anil the. :i^m i--_';ii ion nf this nhoiit the eentnil Inuiiimry as 
MtMfWM process. Jtawnun, Nature and the Bible, p. 64. 
Condition subsequent. See condition, 8 (a). 
subsequently (sul/scvkwent-li), adr. In a sub- 
sequent manner; at a later time. 
subserous (sub-se'rus), a. 1. Somewhat se- 
rous or watery, as a secretion. 2. Situated 
or occurring beneath a serous membrane. 
SubserouB cystitis, cystitis affecting chiefly the subse- 
rous tissue of the urinary bladder. Subserous tissue, 
the areolar connective tissue situated beneath a serous 
nii'inbrane. 
subserrate (sub-ser'at), a. Somewhat or slight- 
ly serrate; serrulate. 
subserve (sub-serv'), v. [< L. sitbxcrrire, serve. 
< sub, under, + scrvire, serve : see serve.] I, 
trims. 1. To serve in subordination; be sub- 
servient, useful, or instrumental to; promote: 
scarcely to be distinguished now from serve. 
It is a greater credit to know the ways of captivating 
nature, and making her mbxerve our purposes, than to have 
learned all the intrigues of policy. Olanville. 
2. To avail: used reflexively. [Rare.] 
I not merely mbserix myself of them, but I employ them. 
Coleridge, Literary Remains, I. 873. (Hall.) 
II. intrans. To serve in an inferior capacity ; 
be subservient or subordinate. 
Not made to rule, 
But to subserve where wisdom bears command ! 
Milton, 8. A. ; L 57. 
subservience (sub-ser'vi-ens), ii. [< subserci- 
en(t) + -cc.] Same as subserviency. 
There Is an immediate and agile subservience of the 
spirits to the empire of the soul. 
Sir . little. Orlg. of Mankind. 
subserviency (sub-ser'vi-gn-si), n. [As subser- 
riaiiT (see -<</).] 1. The state or character 
of being subservient, in any sense. 
A seventh property, therefore, to be wished for in a 
mode of punishment is that of subserviency to reformation, 
or reforming tendency. 
Bfnthatn, Introd. to Morals and Legislation, xv. 15. 
2. Specifically, obsequiousness; truckling. 
There was a freedom In their subserviency, a nobleness 
in their very degradation. Macaulay, Milton. 
subservient (sub-ser'vi-ent), a. [< L. xubtter- 
vieit(t-)s, ppr. of xubsertire, subserve: see sub- 
..</(''.] 1. Useful as an instrument or means to 
promote an end or purpose; serviceable; being 
of service. 
There is a most accurate, learned, * critical Dictionary, 
. . . explaining . . . notonely the termes of architecture, 
hut of all those other arts that watte upon & are nibser- 
rient to her. Evelyn, To Mr. Place (Bookseller). 
All things are made subservient to man. 
Bacon, Physical Fables, it, Expl. 
The state . . . is not a partnership in things /m&serotenf 
only to the gross animal existence of a temporary ami 
perishable nature. Burke, Rev. in France. 
2. Acting as a subordinate instrument ; fitted 
or disposed to serve in an inferior capacity; 
subordinate; hence, of persons and conduct, 
truckling; obsequious. 
The foreigner came here poor, beggarly, cringing, and 
nibitervtent, ready to doff his cap to the meanest native of 
the household. ,Sr.., Ivanhoe, xxi. 
Members of Congress are but agents, ... as much sub- 
servient, as much dependent, as willingly obedient, as any 
other . . . agents and servants. 
D. Webster, Speech, PitUburg, July, 1833. 
subserviently (sub-ser'vi-ent-li), adr. In a 
subservient manner; with subserviency. 
subsesquialterate (sub-ses-kwi-al'ter-at), o. 
Having the ratio 2:3. 
subsesquitertial (sub-ses-kwi-ter'shal), a. 
Having the ratio 3:4. 
subsessile (sub-ses'il), a. 1. ID bof., not quite 
se.-sile: having a very short footstalk. 2. In 
:<>iil.. not quite sessile, as an insect's abdomen; 
subpetiolate. See cut under Polistes. 
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SUbsextuple (nub-8eks'tii-pl), ii. Containing 
one part in six; having the ratio 1 : (i. 
Subside (sub-sid'). '. i. : pret. and pp. suhniilril. 
ppr. siilixiilinii. [< L. subxiili n . sit down, sink 
down, settle, remain, lie in wait, < xuh, under, 
+ sedere, sit: see .inl< nt, sit.'] 1. To sink or 
fall to the bottom ; settle, as lees from a state 
of motion or agitation. 
This miscellany of bodies being determined to Hubsf- 
-lenee merely by their different specifick gravities, all those 
which had the same gravity subsided at the same time. 
Woodward. 
2. To cease from action, especially violent 
action or agitation; fall into a state of quiet : 
be calmed: become tranquil; abate: as, the 
storm tmlisiili-il ; passion nulisidfS. 
In every page of Paterculus we read the swell and agi- 
tation of waters subsiding from a deluge. 
L>e (Juineet/. Style, 111. 
By degrees Rip's awe and Apprehension subridcd. 
Irving, Sketch-Book, p. 55. 
Old fears mti<fc, old hatreds m. It. 
WhitHer, Chaiiiilng. 
3. To fall to a lower level; tend downward; 
sink; fall; contract after dilatation. 
Small air-bladders, dilatable and contractible. capable 
to be inflated by the admission of Air, and to subnde at 
the Expulsion of it. Artuthnot, Aliments, II. 
Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, 
Weighs the men's wits against the lady's hair ; . . . 
At length the wits mount up. the hairs subnde. 
Pope, R. of the L., T. 74. 
The coast both south and north of C'allao has subsided. 
Darwin, Geol. Observations, ii. 272. 
4. To stop talking ; be quiet ; be less conspic- 
uous: as, 'you had better subside. [Colloq.] 
= Syn. 2. Abate, Subside, Intermit (see abate); retire, 
lull. 
subsidence (sub-si'dens or sub'si-dens), n. [< 
subside + -ence.] The act or process of subsid- 
ing, in any sense of the verb subside. 
With poetry it waa rather better. He delighted In the 
swell and subsidence of the rhythm, and the happily-re- 
curring rhyme. Hawthorne, Seven Gables, x. 
In certain large areas where subsidence has probably 
been long in progress, the growth of the corals has been 
sufficient to keep the reefs up to the surface. 
Darwin, Coral Reefs, p. 104. 
= Syn. Ebb, decrease, diminution, abatement. 
subsidencyt (svib-si'den-si or sub'si-den-si), . 
[< subside + -ency.] Subsidence. 7*. Burner, 
Theory of the Earth. 
subsidiarily (sub-sid'i-a-ri-H), adv. Iii a sub- 
sidiary manner. Amer. Jour, Philol.. IX. 147. 
subsidiary (sub-sid'i-a-ri), a. and H. [= F. 
subsidiairc = Sp. Pg. subsidiario = It. sitssidia- 
rio, < L. subsidiaritts, belonging to a reserve, < 
siibsidium, a reserve, help, relief: see subsidy.] 
1. a. 1. Held ready to furnish assistance ; held 
as a reserve. 
There is no error more frequent in war than, after brisk 
preparations, to halt for subsidiary forces. 
Bacon, Fable of Perseus. 
2. Lending assistance; aiding; assistant; fur- 
nishing help ; ancillary. 
We mast so far satisfy ourselves with the word of God 
as that we despise not those other subsidiary helps which 
God in his church hath afforded us. Donne, Sermons, ii. 
No ritual is too much, provided it Is subsidiary to the 
inner work of worship ; and all ritual Is too much unless 
it ministers to that purpose. 
CUadttone, Might of Right, p. 222. 
3. Furnishing supplementary supplies: as,a*6- 
sidiary stream. 4. Relating or pertaining to a 
subsidy; founded on or connected with a sub- 
sidy or subsidies : as, a subsidiary treaty. Sub- 
sidiary note. Same as accessory note (which see, under 
no(i). Subsidiary quantity or symbol, In math., a 
quantity or symbol which Is not essentially a part of a 
problem, but is introduced to help In the solution. The 
phrase is particularly applied to angles in trigonometrical 
Investigations. Subsidiary troops, troops of one nation 
hired by another for military service. 
H. H.; pi. subsidiaries (-riz). 1. One who 
or that which contributes aid or additional sup- 
plies; an auxiliary; an assistant. Hammond. 
2. In music, a subordinate theme or subject, 
especially in an episode of an extended work, 
subsidize (sub'si-diz), v. t. ; pret. and pp. sub- 
sidized, ppr. subsidizing. [< subsid-y + -ire.] To 
furnish with a subsidy; purchase the assistance 
of by the payment of a subsidy ; hence, in re- 
cent use, to secure the cooperation of by brib- 
ing; buy over. Also spelled subsidise. 
He obtained a small supply of men from his Italian al- 
lies, and subsidized a corps of eight thousand Swiss, the 
strength of his infantry. Preseott, Ferd. and Isa., it. 14. 
Pietro could never save a dollar? Straight 
He must be subsidized at our expense. 
Browning, Ring and Book, I. 155. 
subsidy (sub'si-di), .; pi. subsidies (-diz). [= 
F. subside = Pr. subsidi = 8p. Pg. subsidio 
subsist 
= It. KUKKidin. help, aid, subsidy, < l 
troops stationed in reserve, auxiliary fore. -. 
help in battle, in gen. help, aid, relief. ' >/.M 
ih a-, sit down, settle, remain, lie in wait: see 
xiilisiitr.] An aid in money: pecuniary aid. 
Out of small earnings |he| MI:III;IVI <l t ti :iii*rnit no small 
comforts and Kubfidir* (< oM parents ]h inir wimewhere in 
Minister. //,/,/, ,,,,,, I'hilip, xvi. 
Especially (n) In Kmj. hint., an aid or tax formerly 
granted by Parliament to the crown for tile urgent occa- 
sions of the realm, and levied on every subject of ability 
according to the value of his lands or goods ; a tax levied 
on a particular occasion. 
That made us pay . . . one shilling to the pound, the 
last mbtidy. Shale., -1 Hen. VI., Iv. 7. 25. 
Tannage and poundage was granted for a year, and a 
new and complicated form of subsidy WAS voh <i. 
Stubbs, Const. Hist., f 384. 
(A) A sum paid, often according to treaty, by one govern- 
ment to another, sometimes to secure Its neutrality, but 
more frequently to meet the expenses of carrying on a 
war. 
The continental allies of England were eager for her 
nilutiilitji, and lukewarm as regarded operations against 
the common enemy. 
Sir X. Creaty. Hist. Eng., I. xiiL (Latham.} 
(f) Any direct pe. nni-iry aid furnished by the state to 
private industrial undertakings, or to eleemosynary Insti- 
tutions. Such aid includes bounties on exports, those 
paid to the owners of ships for running them, and dona- 
tions of laud or money V> railroad, manufacturing, theat- 
rical, and other enterprises. 
A postal subsidy ... is simply a payment made for 
the conveyance, under certain specified conditions as to 
time and speed, of postal matter. 
H. Favcett, Free Trade and Protection (ed. 1881), p. 29. 
It seems clear, therefore, that subtidiei as a means of 
restoring American shipping cannot be made the policy 
of the United States. 
D. A. Wells, Our Merchant Marine, p. 141. 
Syn. Subsidy, Subvention. In the original and essential 
meaning of a government grant in aid of a commercial en- 
terprise, these temisare substantially equivalent ; but two 
circumstances lead to some difference in common usage, 
(a) Such grants being rarely, if ever, made in England or 
the t'ntted States except in aid of the mercantile marine, 
the establishment of lines of transportation, or the like, 
subsidy is used more commonly than subrentinn in refer- 
ence to such enterprises, while, such grants being frequent 
in France in aid of the drama and the press, etc., the word 
subvention Is used more commonly than subsidy In appli- 
cation to enterprises connected with literature and the 
arts. (6) Writers who oppose all such uses of public funds 
commonly prefer to characterise them as subsidies, while 
those who approve of them commonly prefer the term 
subvention. 
subsignt ( sub-sin '),v.t. [(.li.subsiynare.pp.sub- 
sianatus. write beneath, subscribe, sign, < sub, 
under, -r signare, set a mark upon, sign : see 
XW/M.] 1. To sign ; sign under ; write beneath ; 
subscribe. 
A letter of the .Sophie, . . . subsiyned with the hands 
both of the Sophy & nis Secretarie. 
Hatluyt's Voyage*, I. 394. 
2. To assign by signature to another. 
His [Philip III. 'si rents and custome [were] subsiffned, for 
the most parte, for money borrowed. 
SirC. ConmaUis, quoted in Motley's Hist. Netherlands, 
[IV. 280. 
subsignation (sub-sig-na'shpn), . [< L. sub- 
xignatio(n-). a signature, < subsignarc, sign: see 
w6*</.] The act of writing the name or its 
equivalent under something for attestation ; the 
name so written. [Obsolete or rare.] 
The epistle with subsignation of the scribe and notary. 
Sheldon, M Iracles of Antichrist (lOUi), p. 300. ( Latham. ) 
For a good while after the Conquest the usage of sub- 
siffnatian with crosses was sometimes retained. 
M HI/I, ,r. Formulare Anglicanum (ed. 1702), p. xxvll. 
subsimious (sub-sim'i-us), a. Nearly simious 
or monkey-like: as, "a subsiniioun absurdity," 
Swinburne. [Rare.] 
subsist (sub-sisf), v. [< F. subitigtfr = Sp. Pg. 
subsistir = It. sussistere, sossistere, < L. subsis- 
tere, take a stand or position, stand still, stop, 
stay, remain, continue, < sub, under, + sistere, 
cause to stand, place : gee .-/.-''. Cf . consist, de- 
sist, ejrist, insist, persist.] I. intrans. 1. To 
remain; continue; abide; retain the existing 
state. 
Firm we subsist, but possible to swerve. 
.VIUH, P. L., Ix. SSI). 
It Is a pity the same fashion don't mbsut now. 
Walpole, Letters, II. 62. 
2. To have continued existence ; exist. 
Can the body 
Subsist, the soul departed? 'tis as easy 
As I to live without you. 
/,'"/<. and Ft., Custom of the Country, v. 4. 
Thoe Ideas which Plato sometimes contends to be sub- 
stances, and to subtvrt alone by themselves. 
Cudu-orth, Intellectual System, p. 499. 
These enthusiasts do not scruple to avow their opinion 
that a state can subsist without any religion better than 
with one. Burte, Rev. in France. 
3. To be maintained ; be supported ; live. 
