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To convert into a substantive; as, to substantivize an adjective. Fitzed. Hall.

See Substyle.

Any atom, group, or radical substituted for another, or entering a molecule in place of some other part which is removed.

One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else; specifically (Mil.),

Containing substitutions or replacements; having been subjected to the process of substitution, or having some of its parts replaced; as, alcohol is a substituted water; methyl amine is a substituted ammonia. Substituted executor (Law), an executor appointed to act in place of one removed or resigned.…

The act of substituting or putting one person or thing in the place of another; as, the substitution of an agent, attorney, or representative to act for one in his absense; the substitution of bank notes for gold and silver as a circulating medium.

Of or pertaining to substitution; standing in the place of another; substituted. -- Sub`sti*tu"tion*al*ly, adv.

Of or pertaining to substitution; substitutional.

Tending to afford or furnish a substitute; making substitution; capable of being substituted. Bp. Wilkins.

To subtract; to withdraw. [Obs.] Barrow.

Subtraction; deduction. [Obs.]

One who subtracts.

A substratum. [R.]

underlies something, as a layer of earth lying under another; specifically (Agric.), the subsoil.

To build beneath something; to lay as the foundation. [R.] He substructs the religion of Asia as the base. Emerson.

ilding above the natural level of the ground. It is a magnificent strong building, with a substruction very remarkable. Evelyn.

Same as Substruction.

Pertaining to the substyle.

face of the dial and a plane perpendicular to it passing through the style. [Written also substile.] Hutton.

A sulphate with an excess of the base.