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subtract by arithmetical operation; to deduct. If, out of that infinite multitude of antecedent generations, we should subduce ten. Sir M. Hale.

The act or state of following; -- opposed to precedence.

eeding; as, a subsequent clause in a treaty. "The subsequent words come on before the precedent vanish." Bacon.

A series of persons or things according to some established rule of precedence; as, a succession of kings, or of bishops; a succession of events in chronology. He was in the succession to an earldom. Macaulay.

nal and suspensive attitude. J. Morley. Suspensive condition (Scots Law), a condition precedent, or a condition without the performance of which the contract can not be completed.

A native or inhabitant of Sweden.

Of or pertaining to Sweden or its inhabitants. Swedish turnip. (Bot.) See under Turnip.

A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They are noted for the slowness of their movements when on the ground. See Sloth, 3.

left me and my man, both bound together." Shak. The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. Ge. ii. 8.

ectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed. Jolif and glad they went unto here [their] rest And casten hem [them] full early for to sail. Chaucer. They of Italy salute you. Heb. xiii. 24. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness. Matt…

field nolde [would not] tilye. P. Plowman. the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. Gen. iii. 23.

To give credence to; to believe; to credit. Trust me, you look well. Shak.

The antecedent of trypsin, a substance which is contained in the cells of the pancreas and gives rise to the trypsin.

live in, tubes. The head or anterior segments usually bear gills and cirri. Called also Sedentaria, and Capitibranchiata. See Serpula, and Sabella.

Having teeth traversed by canals; -- said of certain edentates.

Not written in a book; unrecorded. "UnbookedEnglish life." Masson.

Having no antecedent cause; uncreated; self-existent; eternal. A. Baxter.

Having no example or similar case; being without precedent; unprecedented; unparalleled. "A revolution . . . unexampled for grandeur of results." De Quincey.

New; unprecedented; unparalleled. Swift.

arter; to vacate proceedings in a cause. That after act vacating the authority of the precedent. Eikon Basilike. The necessity of observing the Jewish Sabbath was Vacated by the apostolical institution of the Lord's Day. R. Nelson.