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Sub*ac"tion (?), n. [Cf. L. subactio a working up, discipline.] The act of reducing to any state, as of mixing two bodies combletely. [Obs.] Bacon.

Sub`a*cute" (?), a. Moderalely acute.

Sub`a*dun"cate (?), a. (Zoöl.) Somewhat hooked or curved.

Sub*ad"vo*cate (?), n. An under or subordinate advocate.

Sub`a*ë"ri*al (?), a. Beneath the sky; in the open air; specifically (Geol.), taking place on the earth's surface, as opposed to subaqueous.

Sub*a"gen*cy (?), n. A subordinate agency.

Sub*a"gent (?), n. (Law) A person employed by an agent to transact the whole, or a part, of the business intrusted to the latter. Bouvier. Chitty.

Sub*ag`i*ta"tion (?), n. [L. subagitatio, fr. subagitare to lie with illicity.] Unlawful sexual intercourse. [Obs.]

||Su"bah (s"b), n. [Per. & Hind. sbah.] A province; a government, as of ||a viceroy; also, a subahdar. [India]

Su"bah*dar (?), n. [Per. & Hind. sbah-dr, Per. sbah a province + dr holding, keeping.] A viceroy; a governor of a subah; also, a native captain in the British native army. [India]

{ Su"bah*dar`y (?), Su"bah*ship (?), } n. The office or jurisdiction of a subahdar.

Sub*aid" (?), v. t. To aid secretly; to assist in a private manner, or indirectly. [R.] Daniel.

Sub*al"mon*er (?), n. An under almoner.

Sub*al"pine (?), a. [L. subalpinus.] (Bot. & Zoöl.) Inhabiting the somewhat high slopes and summits of mountains, but considerably below the snow line.

Sub*al"tern (?), a. [F. subalterne, LL. subalternus, fr. L. sub under + alter the one, the other of two. See Alter.] 1. Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior; specifically (Mil.), ranking as a junior officer; being below the rank of captain; as, a subaltern officer.

2. (Logic) Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition.

Subaltern genus. (Logic) See under Genus.

Sub*al"tern (?), n. 1. A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain.

2. (Logic) A subaltern proposition. Whately.

Sub`al*ter"nant (?), n. (Logic) A universal proposition. See Subaltern, 2. Whately.

Sub`al*ter"nate (?), a. 1. Succeeding by turns; successive.

2. Subordinate; subaltern; inferior.

All their subalternate and several kinds.

Evelyn.

Sub`al*ter"nate, n. (Logic) A particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one. See Subaltern, 2.

Sub*al"ter*na`ting (?), a. Subalternate; successive.

Sub*al"ter*na`tion (?), n. The state of being subalternate; succession of turns; subordination.

Sub*an"gu*lar (?), a. Slightly angular.