subminister
subminister verb: to supply; to administer.
Verb
subminister (third-person singular simple present subministers, present participle subministering, simple past and past participle subministered)
- to supply; to administer
- subminister the principal and predominant Matter for those great and vaſt Luminariesa. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […]...
- to be subservient (to)
- Our passions […] subminister to the best and worst purposes.1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC
Noun
subminister (plural subministers)
Forms of subminister
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | subministers |
| present participle | subministering |
| past participle | subministered |
| past | subministered |
| Noun | |
| plural | subministers |
Origin of subminister
From the Latin subministrō, sumministrō (equivalent to English sub- + minister).
Questions about subminister
- What does subminister mean?
- Subminister means to supply; to administer.
- What part of speech is subminister?
- Subminister can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of subminister?
- The past tense of subminister is subministered.
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