Definition of subordinate

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Subordinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subordinat.

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Accessary :: Accessary (a.) Accompanying, as a subordinate; additional; accessory; esp., uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See Accessory..
Underbuilder :: Underbuilder (n.) A subordinate or assistant builder.
Thesicle :: Thesicle (n.) A little or subordinate thesis; a proposition.
Clause :: Clause (n.) A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate.
Subordinate :: Subordinate (v. t.) To place in a lower order or class; to make or consider as of less value or importance; as, to subordinate one creature to another..
Bowline :: Bowline (n.) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled..
Incendental :: Incendental (n.) An incident; that which is incidental; esp., in the plural, an aggregate of subordinate or incidental items not particularized; as, the expense of tuition and incidentals..
Tributary :: Tributary (a.) Hence, subject; subordinate; inferior..
Lieutenancy :: Lieutenancy (n.) The body of lieutenants or subordinates.
Servient :: Servient (a.) Subordinate.
Petty :: Petty (superl.) Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince..
Particle :: Particle (n.) A subordinate word that is never inflected (a preposition, conjunction, interjection); or a word that can not be used except in compositions; as, ward in backward, ly in lovely..
Insubordinate :: Insubordinate (a.) Not submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious; mutinous.
Undergod :: Undergod (n.) A lower or inferio/ god; a subordinate deity; a demigod.
Priory :: Priory (n.) A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; -- sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abbey, and called also cell, and obedience. See Cell, 2..
Soffit :: Soffit (n.) The under side of the subordinate parts and members of buildings, such as staircases, entablatures, archways, cornices, or the like. See Illust. of Lintel..
Decree :: Decree (n.) An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be done or to take place; edict, law; authoritative ru// decision..
Partial :: Partial (n.) Pertaining to a subordinate portion; as, a compound umbel is made up of a several partial umbels; a leaflet is often supported by a partial petiole..
Derive :: Derive (v. t.) To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to transmit; -- followed by to, into, on, upon..
Insubordination :: Insubordination (n.) The quality of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority.
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