Subdiaconate
(Sub`di*ac"o*nate) a. Of or pertaining to a subdeacon, or to the office or rank of a subdeacon.
Subdiaconate
(Sub`di*ac"o*nate), n. The office or rank of a subdeacon.
Subdial
(Sub*di"al) a. [L. subdialis in the open air.] Of or pertaining to the open air; being under the
open sky. [R.] N. Bacon.
Subdialect
(Sub*di"a*lect) n. A subordinate dialect.
Subdichotomy
(Sub`di*chot"o*my) n. A subordinate, or inferior, division into parts; a subdivision. [R.]
Many subdichatomies of petty schisms.
Milton. Subdilated
(Sub`di*lat"ed) a. Partially dilated.
Subdititious
(Sub`di*ti"tious) a. [L. subdititius, subditicius, fr. subdere to substitute.] Put secretly in
the place of something else; foisted in. [R.]
Subdiversify
(Sub`di*ver"si*fy) v. t. To diversify aggain what is already diversified. [R.] Sir M. Hale.
Subdivide
(Sub`di*vide") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subdivided ; p. pr. & vb. n. Subdividing.] [L. subdividere,
sub under + dividere to divide. See Divide.] To divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to part
into smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already been divided.
The progenies of Cham and Japhet swarmed into colonies, and those colonies were subdivided into
many others.
Dryden. Subdivide
(Sub`di*vide"), v. i. To be, or to become, subdivided.
Subdivine
(Sub`di*vine") a. Partaking of divinity; divine in a partial or lower degree. Bp. Hall.
Subdivisible
(Sub`di*vis"i*ble) a. Susceptible of subdivision.
Subdivision
(Sub`di*vi"sion) n. [L. subdivisio: cf. F. subdivision.]
1. The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts.
2. A part of a thing made by subdividing.
In the decimal table, the subdivision of the cubit, as span, palm, and digit, are deduced from the shorter
cubit.
Arbuthnot. Subdolous
(Sub"do*lous) a. [L. subdolus, sub + dolus deceit.] Sly; crafty; cunning; artful. [R.]
Subdominant
(Sub*dom"i*nant) n. (Mus.) The fourth tone above, or fifth below, the tonic; — so called
as being under the dominant.
Subduable
(Sub*du"a*ble) a. Able to be subdued.
Subdual
(Sub*du"al) n. Act of subduing. Bp. Warburton.
