subact

t. [Lat.subact us, pa. par. of subigo =to subdue: sub -under, and ago to bring.] To sub judice, phr. [Lat.=before the judge.] Not subdue; to reduce to any state. IMG:content-0470.png:[blocks in formation] "So thoroughly sub - acted , that he takes his load from God, as the camel from his master, upon his knees." Bishop Hall: Of Content, § 19. *sub-ac-tion, subst . [Lat. subactio .] [SUBACT.] The act or proce of reducing to any state, as of mixing two bodies completely, or beating anything to a powder. (Bacon: Nat. Hist ., § 838.) sub-a-cute', adj. [Pref. sub-, and Eng. acute (q. v.).] Moderately acute; acute in a modified degree. ( Lit. & fig.)