subact

English

Etymology

Latin subactus, past participle of subigere (“to subdue”).

Verb

subact (third-person singular simple present subacts, present participle subacting, simple past and past participle subacted)

(obsolete, transitive) To reduce; to subdue.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for subact in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

sacbut

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