Definition for SUB-SULT'IVE, or SUB-SULT'O-RY

SUB-SULT'IVE, or SUB-SULT'O-RY, a. [from L. subsultus, a leap, from subsulto; sub and salio.]

Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts, or by twitches.

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