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subacts

subacts is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 subacts

What is subacts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Subacts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of subact.

Words near subacts in the dictionary

  1. subactions
  2. subactivating
  3. subactive
  4. subactivities
  5. subactivity
  6. subacts
  7. subacular
  8. subaculear
  9. subacuminate
  10. subacuminated
  11. subacute

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