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单词 subact
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subactadj.

Forms: late Middle English subacte, late Middle English 1600s–1700s subact.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin subactus, subigere.
Etymology: < classical Latin subactus, past participle of subigere subact v. Compare later subact v.
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.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin subact-, subigere.
Etymology: < classical Latin subact-, past participial stem of subigere to work up, knead, (of soil) to work by ploughing or digging, to break in, tame, to subdue < sub- sub- prefix + agere to bring (see act v.). Compare earlier subact adj.
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).
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