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substant, a. and n. rare.|ˈsʌbstənt|
[ad. L. substans, -ant-, pr. pple. of substāre (see substance).]
A. adj.
1. Substantial; subsistent.
1660Stanley Hist. Philos. ix. ii. (1687) 571/1 The Pythagoreans reduce all Beings, subsistent or substant, immediatly to Idæa's which truly are. 1838J. E. Reade Italy i. xxv, A substant and eternal memory.
2. Underlying.
1883Century Mag. XXVII. 146 Its [sc. a glacier's] substant ice curls freely.
†B. n. A subsisting thing. Obs.
1597J. Payne Royal Exch. 24 The substants of bodie and soule have nothinge commune with this spirituall mariage. |