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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Subject \Sub*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subjected}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Subjecting}.]
1. To bring under control, power, or dominion; to make
subject; to subordinate; to subdue.
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Firmness of mind that subjects every gratification
of sense to the rule of right reason. --C.
Middleton.
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In one short view subjected to our eye,
Gods, emperors, heroes, sages, beauties, lie.
--Pope.
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He is the most subjected, the most ?nslaved, who is
so in his understanding. --Locke.
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2. To expose; to make obnoxious or liable; as, credulity
subjects a person to impositions.
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3. To submit; to make accountable.
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God is not bound to subject his ways of operation to
the scrutiny of our thoughts. --Locke.
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4. To make subservient.
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Subjected to his service angel wings. --Milton.
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5. To cause to undergo; as, to subject a substance to a white
heat; to subject a person to a rigid test.
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