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subaudi

subaudi verb: mentally supply (something which has not been expressed); scilicet.

Verb

subaudi (imperative only)

  1. (imperative-only, obsolete) Mentally supply (something which has not been expressed); scilicet.
    • the grass is always greener [subaudi on the other side of the fence] — other circumstances seem more desirable than one’s own, but in reality are often not
    • That sole remaining sense is, “the bed (let it) be undefiled;” subaudite ἔστω in the verse is, “Let marriage be honourable in all” (men or things), “and the bed be undefiled; but (or for) whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”1852, Theophylact [pseud.], “Marriage of Ecclesiastics” in Notes and Queries IV:cix, page 428
    Synonyms:
    subaudite

Adverb

subaudi (not comparable)

  1. By or relying upon mental suppletion.
    • We ought not to say that a scorn of popular favour betrays itself — as if subaudite — in these deliverances of a message from the Almighty; yet it is almost so.1861, Isaac Taylor, The Spirit of the Hebrew Poetry, page 54
    • By the ‘watchers’ are intended subaudité the guardians of the composer.1907, Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, page 5

Adjective

subaudi (not comparable)

  1. Mentally supplied.
    • His aim is to give to the ordinary English reader, who has a reasonable interest in ‘Literature and Life’ — to which in Scotland ‘Philosophy’ is a subaudite third term, always implied and quickly felt — an account of Stoicism.1908, Journal of Theological Studies, IX, page 619

Synonyms of subaudi

Origin of subaudi

From the Latin subaudī, the second-person singular present active imperative form of subaudiō (“to understand, to supply a word”), from sub (“under”) + audiō (“to hear, to listen”).

Words that rhyme with subaudi

Questions about subaudi

What does subaudi mean?
Subaudi means mentally supply (something which has not been expressed); scilicet.
What part of speech is subaudi?
Subaudi can be a verb, an adverb or an adjective.

Words near subaudi in the dictionary

  1. subattenuately
  2. subattorney
  3. subattorneys
  4. subattribute
  5. subattributes
  6. subaudi
  7. subaudible
  8. subaudibly
  9. subaudio
  10. subaudite
  11. subaudition

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