Subject

sub′jekt, adj. under the power of another: liable, prone, disposed: exposed: subordinate, tributary: subservient.— n. one under the power of another: one under allegiance to a sovereign: that on which any operation is performed: that which is treated or handled: ( an at. ) a dead body for di ection: a person supposed to be peculiarly sensitive to hypnotic influence: that which it is the object of the artist to expre , the scheme or idea of a work of art: a picture representing action and incident: that of which anything is said or of which a discourse treats, bringing many things under a common head: the mind, regarded as the thinking power, in contrast with the object, that about which it thinks: topic: matter, materials: the general plan of any work of art.— v.t. Subject′ , to throw or bring under: to bring under the power of: to make subordinate or subservient: to subdue: to enslave: to expose or make liable to: to cause to undergo.— n. Subjec′tion , the act of subjecting or subduing: the state of being subject to another.— adj. Subject′ive , relating to the subject: derived from one's own consciousne : denoting those states of thought or feeling of which the mind is the conscious subject—opp. to Objective .— adv. Subject′ively .— n. Subject′ivene .— v.t. Subject′ivise .— ns. Subject′ivism , a philosophical doctrine which refers all knowledge to, and founds it upon, subjective states; Subject′ivist , one who holds to subjectivism.— adj. Subjectivist′ic .— adv. Subjectivist′ically .— ns. Subjectiv′ity , state of being subjective: that which is treated subjectively; Sub′ject-matter , a tautological compound for subject, theme, topic; Sub′ject-ob′ject , the immediate object of cognition, or the thought itself; Sub′jectship , the state of being subject. [Fr. sujet —L. subject us — sub , under, jacĕre , to throw.]