sub vermiform (sub vermiform)

[L. sub, under, + vermis, a worm, + form a, form.] Shaped somewhat like a worm. sub verset (sub-vers'), v. t. [ Subversion of thy harmle life. suburb i alt (sub-er'bi-al), a. [L. suburbium , thro suburb (see suburb ), + -al .] Same as suburban . T. Warton , Hen. IV., i. 2., note. suburb i ant (sub-er'bi-an), ), a. [ suburbien , suburb i an us , suburbium , suburb: see suburb. Cf. suburban.] Same as suburban . Dryden , Mac Flecknoe, 1. 83. Take me e're a shop suburb i an That selles such ware. Times' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 72. suburb i cant (sub-er'bi-kan), a . [ For suburb i carian.] Same as suburban . Bp . Gauden , Tears of the Church, p. 27. ( Davies .) suburbicarian (sub-er-bi-kā'ri-an), a. [ suburb i car i us , situated near the city (of Rome), L. sub , under, near, + urbs , city. Cf. suburb , suburban.] Being near the city: an epithet applied plied to the provinces of Italy which composed the ancient diocese of Rome. The name suburb i carian churches is by some restricted to those that are within a hundred miles of Rome, or, as at a later period, the districts in central and southern Italy and the Italian islands, since this circuit was under the authority of the prefect of the city. Certain Roman Catholic scholars, however, consider it to have included and still to include churches of the Western Church. The Pope having stretched his authority beyond the bounds of his suburbicarian precincts. Barrow, Pope's Supremacy. suburbicary (sub-er'bi-ka-ri), a. [ carian. subursine (sub-er's in), a. and n. I. a. Somewhat ursine; bear-like to some extent; representing the arctoid series of carnivores sub typically; proc yoni form or racoon-like. II. n. A subursine carnivore; one of several small animals of the arctoid or ursine series, as the racoon, the coati, and the panda. sub vaginal (sub-vaj'i-nal), a . or on the inner side of a vaginal or sheathing membrane. Placed within sub varietal (sub-vā-ri'e-tal), a. Varying slightly; having the character of a subvariety. subvariety (sub-va-ri'e-ti), n.; pl. subvarieties (-tiz). A subordinate variety; the further and minor modification of a variety; a strain differing little from one more comprehensive, as among domestic animals or cultivated plants. subvene (sub-ven'), v. i.; pret. and pp. subven ed, ppr. subvening. [ A future state must needs subvene , to prevent the whole edifice from falling into ruin. War burton, Bolingbroke's Philosophy, iv. sub vent ane oust (sub-ven-tā'nē-us), a. [L. sub , under, + vent us , wind, + -aneous .] Pertaining to, of the nature of, or caused by wind; windy. Sir T. Browne , Vulg. Err., iii. 21. subvention (sub-ven's hon), n. [ subven tion = Sp. subvencion , subventio (n-), a ren Shak., 2 Hen. VI., iii. 1. 208. The subversion [by a storm] of woods and timber. Evelyn. Nothing can be so gratifying and satisfactory to a rightly disposed mind as the subversion of imposture by the force of ridicule. Landor, Lucian and Timotheus. 2. The cause of overthrow or destruction. It may be truly affirm'd he [the Pope] was the subversion and fall of that Monarchy, which was the hoisting of him. Milton , Reformation in Eng., il. =Syn. 1. Overturning, downfall, demolition. See subvert. subversionary (sub-ver's hon-a-ri), a. [ sub version + -ary.] Destructive; subversive. subversive ersive (sub-ver's iv), (sub-ver's iv), a . [= F. subversif = Sp. subversivo, suversivo = Pg. sub vers i to ; as subverse + -ive .] Tending to subvert; having a tendency to overthrow and ruin: with of . Utterly subversive of liberty. A. Tucker , Light of Nature, II. iii. 25. From mere superstition may arise a systematized polytheism, which in every stage of growth or decay is sub versive of all high religious aims. Dawson, Nature and the Bible, p. 28.