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Subitaneous; sudden; hasty. [Obs.] Hales.

In haste; quickly; rapidly.

Being in a lower situation, though not directly beneath; as, hills and subjacent valleys.

(International Law), owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state; as, Jamaica is subject to Great Britain. Esau was never subject to Jacob. Locke.

ome statement or discussion; that which is made the object of thought or study. As to the subject-matter, words are always to be understood as having a regard thereto. Blackstone. As science makes progress in any subject-matter, poetry recedes from it. J. H. Newman.

Subjacent. "Led them direct . . . to the subjected plain." [Obs.] Milton.

The act of subjecting, or of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing. The conquest of the kingdom, and subjection of the rebels. Sir M. Hale.

One skilled in subjective philosophy; a subjectivist.

Of or pertaining to a subject.

Any philosophical doctrine which refers all knowledge to, and founds it upon, any subjective states; egoism.

One who holds to subjectivism; an egoist.

The quality or state of being subjective; character of the subject.

Having no subject.

Quality of being subject. [R.]

Capable of being subjected. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

To add after something else has been said or written; to ANNEX; as, to subjoin an argument or reason.

An additional remark. [R.]

To subdue, and bring under the yoke of power or dominion; to conquer by force, and compel to submit to the government or absolute control of another; to vanquish. He subjugated a king, and called him his "vassal." Baker.

The act of subjugating, or the state of being subjugated.

One who subjugates; a conqueror.