sub sign at i on (sub sign ash on)

[L. sub signatio (n-), a signature, The epistle with sub sign at i on of the scribe and notary. Sheldon, Miracles of Antichrist (1616), p. 300. ( Latham. ) For a good while after the Conquest the usage of sub sign at i on with cro es was sometimes retained. Madox , Formulare Anglicanum (ed. 1702), p. xxvii. sub simious (sub-sim'i-us), a . Nearly simious or monkey-like: as, “a sub simious absurdity," Swinburne. [Rare.] subsist (sub-sist'), v. [F. subsister = Sp. Pg. subsistir = It. su i stere , so i stere , subs is tere , take a stand or position, stand still, stop, stay, remain, continue, sub , under, + sistere , cause to stand, place: see sist . Cf. consist , de sist , exist , insist , persist .] I. in trans. 1. Το remain; continue; abide; retain the existing state. Firm we subsist , but po ible to swerve. Milton , P. L., ix. 359. It is a pity the same fashion don't subsist now. Walpole , Letters, II. 62. 2. To have continued existence; exist. Can the body Subsist, the soul departed? 'tis as easy As I to live without you. IMG:content-2389.png:[blocks in formation] under the soil. Its character of course is determined by that of the rock out of which it is formed by subaerial dis- integration. A. Geikie, Encyc. Brit., X. 237. Subsoil-plow. See plow. expense, and march myself at their head for the relief of Boston. Washington , quoted in Adams's Works, II. 360. subsistence (sub-sis'tens), n. [F. subsist ance = Sp. Pg. subs is ten cia = It. su istenza, subsistent i a , substance, reality, ML. also stabil- ity, L. subs is ten (t-)s, ppr. of subsist ere , con- to employ the subsoil-plow upon; plow up so as to cut into the subsoil. The farmer drains, irrigates, or subsoils portions of it. J. S. Mill . subsoiler (sub's oi-ler), n. [ subsoil + -er1 .] One who or that which subsoils; an implement or part of an implement used in subsoiling. The Engineer , LXX. 472. subsolar (sub-sō'lär), a. sol, the sun: see solar1 .] terrestrial; specifically, being between the tropics. Fitzroy , Weather Book, p. 71. subsolaryt (sub'sō-lā-ri), a. Same as subsolar . The causes and effects of all Things done upon this subsolary ball. A. Brome , Paraphrase on Eccles., i. sub solid (sub-sol'id), n. A solid incompletely IMG:content-2390.png:[ocr errors] IMG:content-2391.png:[blocks in formation] sub spatulate (sub-spat'ū-lāt), a. Nearly or somewhat spatulate. subspecies (sub'spēshēz), n.; pl. subspecies . [ subspecies , sub , under, + species , species.] In zoöl . and bot ., a variety of a spe- cies; a climatic or geographical race recogniza- bly different from another, yet not specifically distinguished; a con species. The nearest synonym is race . (See race3, n., 5 (a) (b).) Subspecies is a stronger and stricter word than variety , though nearly synonymous with the latter in its biological sense; it means decidedly more than strain, sport, or breed in like senses. The in- terpretation of subspecies and their actual handling in zoological and botanical taxonomy have been much mooted. Such forms are commonly regarded as nascent or incipient species (see species , 5) which have acquired subspecific characters under varying conditions of en vironment, and whose specific invalidity is determinable by the fact of their intergradation. See intergrade , v. i. subspecific (sub-spē-sif'ik), a . Of the nature of a subspecies; not quite specific; conspecific. subspecifically (sub-spē-sif i-kal-i), adv . adv . As a subspecies. Fisheries of U. S. , V. ii. 819. sub sphenoidal (sub-sfe-noi'dal), a. Situated beneath or on the under side of the sphenoid. sub sphere (sub's fer), n. or approximately spherical. sub spherical (sub-sfer'i-kal), a. Imperfectly spherical; of a form approaching that of a sphere. IMG:content-2392.png:[blocks in formation] form of a sub sphere. Quart. Jour. Geol. Soc.,