sub quintuple

[Pref. sub-, and English quintuple (q. v.).] Containing one part of five. "If unto the lower pulley there were added another, then the power would be unto the weight in a subquin . tuple proportion." - Wilkins : Math. Magick. *sub-rā-mě-al, a . [Lat. sub =under, and ramus =a bough.] Growing on a branch beneath a leaf. sub-rā-mōse, sub-rā-mous, a . [Pref. sub-, and Eng. ramose , ramous (q. v.).] Bot.: Slightly ramose; having few branches. sub-rěp'-tion, subst . [Lat. subreptio , from sul reptus , pa. par. of subripio =to snatch away secretly: sub =under, and rapio to snatch.] *1. Ord. Lang.: The act of obtaining a favor by surprise or unfair representation; that is, by suppre ion or fraudulent concealment of facts. "Lest there should be any subreption in this sacred busine ."- Bp . Hall : Remains , p. 344. 2. Scots Law : The obtaining gifts of escheat, ., by concealing the truth. [OBREPTION.] *sub-rěp-ti-tious. a. [Lat.sur rep titi us.] [SUBREPTION.] Falsely crept in; fraudulently obtained; surreptitious. *sŭb-rěp-ti-tioŭs-lý, adv . [ Eng.subreptitious ; -ly .] Surreptitiously; by stealth. *sub-rěp'-tive, a . [SUBREPTION.] Subreptitious, surreptitious. sub-rig-id, a. [Pref. sub-, and Eng. rigid (q. v.).] Somewhat or moderately rigid or stiff. *sub-rig-u-ous, a . [Lat, subriguus , from sub =under, and riguus =watered, from rigo to water.) [IRRIGATE.] Watered or wet beneath; well watered.