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A basic salt. See the Note under Salt.

Derision; mockery. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Situated beneath the scapula; infrascapular; as, the subscapular muscle.

Capable of being subscribed. [R.]

To write underneath, as one's name; to sign (one's name) to a document. [They] subscribed their names under them. Sir T. More.

One who subscribes; one who contributes to an undertaking by subscribing.

Written below or underneath; as, iota subscript. (See under Iota.) Specifically (Math.), said of marks, figures, or letters (suffixes), written below and usually to the right of other letters to distinguish them; as, a, n, 2, in the symbols Xa, An, Y2. See Suffix, n., 2, and Subindex.

The act of subscribing.

Of or pertaining to a subscription, or signature. "The subscriptive part." Richardson. -- Sub*scrip"tive*ly, adv.

o overtake; to pursue. [Obs.] To follow and detain him, if by any possibility he could be subsecuted and overtaken. E. Hall.

Following in a train or succession. [R.]

One of the stalls of the lower range where there are two ranges. See Illust. of Stall.

The sensible or leading note, or sharp seventh, of any key; subtonic.

Deeper than the reach of the senses. "That subsensible world." Tyndall.

Having the ratio of one to seven. Bp. Wilkins.

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

Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely; as, subsequent events; subsequent ages or years; a period long subsequent to the foundation of Rome.

At a later time; afterwards.

Situated under a serous membrane.

To serve in subordination or instrumentally; to be subservient to; to help forward; to promote. It is a great credit to know the ways of captivating Nature, and making her subserve our purposes, than to have learned all the intrigues of policy. Glanvill.