单词 | subordain |
释义 | subordainv. rare after 17th cent. 1. transitive. To make (something) subordinate (to something else). ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > make subordinate or subservient abeyOE subjugate1566 subordinate1597 subordain1598 asservile1619 subserviatea1676 subalternize1851 1598 I. D. tr. L. Le Roy Aristotles Politiques i. ii. 12 A citie..is a thing naturall, because it consisteth of naturall partes, to wit, a family and a towne, whereof it is the end and accomplishment: because they are subordained [Fr. ordonnees] vnto it, and naturally tende vnto it. 1633 D. Rogers Treat. Two Sacraments Gospell i. 16 The Covenant of obedience is subordeined to the covenant of grace. 1678 J. Shirley Short Compend. Chirurgery i. 29 Generation is a Function, whereby a man produceth another like to himself, whereunto the Antients did subordain two others, 1. Alteration. 2. Conformation. 1869 Q. Jrnl. Psychol. Med. & Med. Jurispr. 3 817 Unconscient nervous centres..may act in an independent manner, although coördinated and subordained in a regular gradation each to the other. 1988 J. G. Oosten in M. Jansen et al. Continuity & Identity in Native Amer. 71 In the perspective of the missionary they [sc. the values of savage society] have to be subordained to the superior values of religion. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] > appoint in place of another substitute1447 subrogate?a1475 subroge1591 subordain1600 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxi. l. 804 In his place M. Acilius Glabrio was subordained [L. suffectus]. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 883 They.., although they bereave him of his name and title, do not subordaine another in his place. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] > appoint to subordinate position subordain1600 1600 P. Holland in tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 1337/2 Cæsar..immediately entered upon his Dictatourship, having sub-ordained under him for his Generall of the horse, Mar. Antonius, a man who yet had not beene Pretour. 1602 J. Davies Mirum in Modum sig. I1v That Powre omnipotent, That Nature subordain'd, chiefe Gouernour, Of fading Creatures. 1683 J. Morrison tr. J. J. Struys Perillous Voy. iii. viii. 155 The Czaar is absolute Sovereign and Lord, conferring Dignities and Honours, Subordaining Ministers of State and Officers whether Civil or Military. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint > by subordinate authority subordain1654 1654 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Bentivoglio Compl. Hist. Warrs Flanders 154 No Order could issue forth from him, which was not to be subordained by the Councel of State [It. che non bisognasse subordinarlo al Consiglio di Stato]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1598 |
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