Subsequence
(Sub"se*quence Sub"se*quen*cy) n. The act or state of following; — opposed to precedence.
Subsequent
(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.
Subsequently
(Sub"se*quent*ly), adv. At a later time; afterwards.
Subserous
(Sub*se"rous) a. (Anat.) Situated under a serous membrane.
Subserve
(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. Subserve
(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. Subservience
(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. Subservient
(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. Subserviently
(Sub*serv"i*ent*ly), adv. In a subservient manner.
Subsesqui-
(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.
Subsextuple
(Sub*sex"tu*ple) a. Having the ratio of one to six; as, a subsextuple proportion. Bp. Wilkins.
Subside
(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.
