Word Meanings - SUBDUAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Act of subduing. Bp. Warburton.

SUBDUCE; SUBDUCT
1. To withdraw; to take away. Milton. 2. To subtract by arithmetical operation; to deduct. If, out of that infinite multitude of antecedent generations, we should subduce ten. Sir M. Hale.
SUBDUAL
Act of subduing. Bp. Warburton.
SUBDUABLE
Able to be subdued.
SUBDUEMENT
Subdual. Shak.
SUBDUE
1. To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish. I will subdue all thine enemies. 1 Chron. xvii. 10. 2. To overpower so as to disable from further
SUBDULCID
Somewhat sweet; sweetish.
SUBDUPLICATE
Expressed by the square root; -- said of ratios. Subduplicate ratio, the ratio of the square roots, or the square root of a ratio; thus, the subduplicate ratio of a to b is *a to *b, or *a/b.
SUBDURAL
Situated under the dura mater, or between the dura mater and the arachnoid membrane.
SUBDUER
One who, or that which, subdues; a conqueror. Spenser.
SUBDUPLE
Indicating one part of two; in the ratio of one to two. Subduple ratio, the ratio of 1 to 2: thus, 3:6 is a subduple ratio, as 6:3 is a duple ratio.
SUBDUCTION
1. The act of subducting or taking away. Bp. Hall. 2. Arithmetical subtraction. Sir M. Hale.
SUBDUED
1. Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild. 2. Not glaring in color; soft in tone.