Search the Dictionary

to cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate; as, the sea subsides; the tumults of war will subside; the fever has subsided. "In cases of danger, pride and envy naturally subside." C. Middleton.

The act or process of subsiding. The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions. Bp. Warburton.

To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside. "When the rage allays." Shak.

To abate or subside. [Archaic] "The waters assuaged." Gen. vii. 1. The plague being come to a crisis, its fury began to assuage. De Foe.

A violent and widely extended change in the surface of the earth, as, an elevation or subsidence of some part of it, effected by internal causes. Whewell.

; the state of a body renewing its vigor after sickness or weakness; the time between the subsidence of a disease and complete restoration to health.

The subsidence of a febrile process; as, the stage of defervescence in pneumonia.

Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen. [R.] Cudworth.

To cease to be active or strong; to die away; to lose strength; to subside; to become less intense; as, the wind falls.

matter obtained from plants by simply breaking down the texture, washing with water, and subsidence. Especially:

the downward bend or subsidence of the earth's crust, which allows of the gradual accumulation of sediment, and hence forms the first step in the making of a mountain range; -- opposed to geanticlinal.

The temporary cessation or subsidence of a fever; the space of time between the paroxysms of a disease. Intermission is an entire cessation, as distinguished from remission, or abatement of fever.

To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate for a time; as, the storm lulls.

n the plural. "The remains of old Rome." Addison. When this remain of horror has entirely subsided. Burke.

A temporary and incomplete subsidence of the force or violence of a disease or of pain, as destinguished from intermission, in which the disease completely leaves the patient for a time; abatement.

The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent. Dunglison.

Subsidence, as of a sediment. [Obs.] Bacon.

, an amputation for injury, performed after the constitutional effects of the injury have subsided. -- Secondary axis (Opt.), any line which passes through the optical center of a lens but not through the centers of curvature, or, in the case of a mirror, which passes through the center of curvature but not through th…

The matter which subsides to the bottom, frrom water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs.

Of or pertaining to sediment; formed by sediment; containing matter that has subsided. Sedimentary rocks. (Geol.) See Aqueous rocks, under Aqueous.