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subacting

subacting is the present participle and gerund 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 subacting

What is subacting the present participle and gerund of?
Subacting is the present participle and gerund of subact.

Words near subacting in the dictionary

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

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