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subacted

subacted is the simple past and past participle of subact.

Meaning of subact

Verb

subact (third-person singular simple present subacts, present participle subacting, simple past and past participle subacted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To reduce or subdue.
    • tangible bodies have no pleasure in the consort of air , but endeavour to subact it into a more dense body1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “I. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William...

Questions about subacted

What is subacted the simple past and past participle of?
Subacted is the simple past and past participle of subact.

Words near subacted in the dictionary

  1. subacrid
  2. subacrodrome
  3. subacromial
  4. subacrosomal
  5. subact
  6. subacted
  7. subacting
  8. subactinomorphic
  9. subaction
  10. subactions
  11. subactivating

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