Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SUB-LIM-ING, ppr.

Sublimating; exalting.

SUB-LIM'I-TY, n. [Fr. sublimité; L. sublimitas.]

1. Elevation of place; lofty highth.
2. Highth in excellence; loftiness of nature or character; moral grandeur; as, God's incomprehensible sublimity. – Ralegh. The sublimity of the character of Christ owes nothing to his historians. – Buckminster.
3. In oratory and composition, lofty conceptions, or such conceptions expressed in corresponding language; loftiness of sentiment or style. Milton's distinguishing excellence lies in the sublimity of his thoughts. – Addison.

SUB-LIN-E-A'TION, n. [L. sub and linea.]

Mark of a line or lines under a word in a sentence. – Let. to Abp. Usher.

SUB-LIN'GUAL, a. [L. sub and lingua, the tongue.]

Situated under the tongue; as the sublingual glands. – Coxe.

SUB-LU'NAR, or SUB'LU-NA-RY, a. [Fr. sublunaire; L. sub and luna, the moon.]

Literally, beneath the moon; but sublunary, which is the word chiefly used, denotes merely terrestrial, earthly, pertaining to this world. All things sublunary are subject to change. – Dryden.

SUB-LUX-A'TION, n. [sub and luxation.]

In surgery, an incomplete dislocation.

SUB-MA-RINE, a. [L. sub and marinus, from mare, the sea.]

Being, acting or growing under water in the sea, as, submarine navigators; submarine plants.

SUB-MAX'IL-LA-RY, a. [L. sub and maxilla, the jaw-bone.]

Situated under the jaw. – Med. Repos. The submaxillary glands are two salivary glands, situated one on either side, immediately within the angle of the lower jaw. – Wistar.

SUB-ME'DI-AL, a.

Lying under the middle. – Buffon.

SUB-ME'DI-ANT, n.

In music, the sixth note, or middle note between the octave and subdominant. – Busby.

SUB-MERGE, v.i. [submerj'.]

To plunge under water, as swallows.

SUB-MERGE, v.t. [submerj'; L. submergo; sub and mergo, to plunge.]

1. To put under water; to plunge.
2. To cover or overflow with water; to drown. So half my Egypt was submerg'd. – Shak.

SUB-MERG'ED, pp.

Put under water; overflowed.

SUB-MERG'ENCE, n.

Act of plunging under water.

SUB-MERG'ING, ppr.

Putting under water; overflowing.

SUB-MERSE, or SUB-MERS'ED, a. [submers'; L. submersus.]

Being or growing under water, as the leaves of aquatic plants.

SUB-MER'SION, n. [Fr. from L. submersus.]

1. The act of putting under water or causing to be overflowed; as, the submersion of an isle or tract of land. – Hale.
2. The act of plunging under water; the act of drowning.

SUB-MIN'IS-TER, v.i.

To subserve; to be useful to. Our passions … subminister to the best and worst of purposes. – L'Estrange. [Not in use. See Minister and Administer.]

SUB-MIN'IS-TER, or SUB-MIN'IS-TRATE, v.t. [L. subministro; sub and ministro.]

To supply; to afford. [Not in use.]

SUB-MIN'IS-TRANT, a.

Subservient; serving in subordination. [Not in use.] – Bacon.

SUB-MIN-IS-TRA'TION, n.

The act of furnishing or supplying. [Not in use.] – Wotton.

SUB-MISS', a. [L. submissus, submitto.]

Submissive; humble; obsequious. – Milton. [Rarely used, and in poetry only.]

SUB-MIS'SION, n. [L. submissio, from submitto; Fr. soumission; It. sommessione.]

1. The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another. Submission, dauphin! 'tis a mere French word; / We English warriors wot not what it means. – Shak.
2. Acknowledgment of inferiority or dependence; humble or suppliant behavior. In all submission and humility, / York doth present himself unto your highness. – Shak.
3. Acknowledgment of a fault; confession of error. Be not as extreme in submission, as in offense. – Shak.
4. Obedience; compliance with the commands or laws of a superior. Submission of children to their parents is an indispensable duty.
5. Resignation; a yielding of one's will to the will or appointment of a superior without murmuring. Entire and cheerful submission to the will of God is a Christian duty of prime excellence.

SUB-MISS'IVE, a.

1. Yielding to the will or power of another; obedient.
2. Humble; acknowledging one's inferiority; testifying one's submission. Her at his feet submissive in distress, / He thus with peaceful words uprais'd. – Milton.

SUB-MISS'IVE-LY, adv.

With submission; with acknowledgment of inferiority; humbly. The goddess, / Soft in her tone, submissively replies. – Dryden.