单词 | subact |
释义 | † subactadj. Obsolete. 1. Esp. of land or territory: subjugated, subdued. Also as past participle.In quot. ?1440: ploughed or prepared for cultivation. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > [adjective] > made subject to authority subjecta1375 subjugatec1429 subact?1440 redact?a1475 mancipatec1487 suppeditate?1526 underthrown1532 submitted1537 subjected1550 subdued1553 captivate1581 vassalled1606 envassalled1609 captivated1621 subordinated1640 subacted1644 vassalized1647 subjugated1656 reduced1659 the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > cultivated wroughtOE subact?1440 laboured1470 tilled1546 well-cultured1555 well-laboured1571 husbanded1578 toiled1578 well-husbanded1581 cultive1611 improved1617 cultivated1622 well-cultivated1650 manured1746 well-farmed1770 reduced1794 farmed1800 tillaged1854 tilthed1866 tame1887 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iv. l. 499 In Nouember & Marche her braunchis sette In donged lond subact [L. subacto]. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 287 At the laste Fraunce was subacte [L. subacta] to Iulius Cesar, and occupyede by Romanes. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 103 (MED) The Danes other put to fliȝhte other subacte [L. subactis]. 2. Of the mind: controlled, disciplined; cultivated. ΚΠ a1661 B. Holyday in tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 11 The masculine and subact judgement of Juvenal. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. xxii. 103 A subact and sedate Intellection, associated with diligent and congruous Study. a1726 W. Reeves 14 Serm. (1729) 353 The yoke of Christ is a reasonable service to a man of subact judgment. 1787 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 970/2 The writings of Ovid shew evident marks of luxuriant imagination, but no signs of subact judgement. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † subactv. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To work up, knead, mix, break down, or assimilate (a substance), as in the process of digestion. Also (and in earliest use) figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > do [verb (transitive)] > perform practical operations upon workeOE manurea1450 handle1483 subact1614 1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. iii. vii. §1 That faith could not take roote in them, vnlesse first wrought and subacted by extraordinary signes and wonders. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §27 Tangible Bodies haue no pleasure in the Consort of Aire, but endeauour to subact it into a more Dense Body. 1697 J. Evelyn Numismata To Rdr. sig. A3 Some Corners, and little Wasts, not altogether subacted. a1700 T. Creech tr. Plutarch in Morals (1704) (ed. 4) III. 460 That nourishes most, which is subacted by the thing nourished; for this very thing is Concoction. 1752 J. Smith Portrait of Old Age (ed. 3) 98 That juice which they..by a specifick fermentum in themselves contained, do subact, and communicate, both these liquors. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 10 Being softened or otherwise partially affected, instead of being entirely subacted, and reduced to chyme or chyle. 2. transitive. To subjugate; to subdue, subject. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] wieldOE i-weldeOE onwaldOE overwieldlOE amaistera1250 underlaya1300 daunt1303 underbringc1320 yoke?c1335 undercasta1340 afaitec1350 faite1362 subjecta1382 to make subjectc1384 distraina1400 underlouta1400 underthewa1400 underset1422 subjectc1460 subjuge?1473 submise?1473 dompt1480 suppedit?1483 to keep under1486 abandon1487 bandon?a1500 suppeditatec1545 to bring under1563 reduce1569 assubject1579 overpower1597 envassal1606 assubjugate1609 vassal1612 subact1619 vassalize1647 vassalate1659 to school down1818 to ride herd on (also over)1895 1619 J. Higgins Falles Vnfortunate Princes 141 In three yeares space my power their pride subacts. 1645 Bp. J. Hall Remedy Discontentm. xix. 116 The meek spirit is..so throughly subacted, that he takes his load from God..upon his knees. a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1704) V. p. xi I lay bound as it were Hand and Foot, subacted under the Pressure of the Guilt of Wrath. Derivatives subacter n. [compare classical Latin subactārius (perhaps) person who prepares tanned leather for working (attested in an inscription)] rare a person who works up, kneads, or mixes substances. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > who mixes mixer1598 temperera1617 subacter1657 blender1872 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Pharmaceut. Shop ii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Gggg4 Anoint the hands of the subacter [L. manus quae idipsum contrectant ac subigunt]..with Oyl. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.?1440v.1614 |
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