subact /sub-aktˈ/

1. To work up (as in cultivation, the process of digestion, etc)
2. To subdue

subacˈtion /-shən/ noun

• first-begotten
• first blood
• first blush
• First Book of Discipline
• first-born
• first cab off the rank
• first catch your hare
• first cause
• first chop
• first-class
• first-class mail
• first-class post
• first cousin
• first cousin once removed
• first-day
• first-day cover
• first-day covers
• hexaëmeron
• hexed
• hexene
• hexenes
• hexes
• hexing
• hexings
• hexobarbitone sodium