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Subject [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Placed or situate under.

2. --The eastern tower whose height commands, as subject all the vale, to see the fight.

3. Being under the power and dominion of another; as, Jamaica is subject to Great Britain.

4. Esau was never subject to Jacob.

5. Exposed; liable from extraneous causes; as a country subject to extreme heat or cold.

6. Liable from inherent causes; prone; disposed.

7. All human things are subject to decay.

8. Being that on which nay thing operates, whether intellectual or material; as the subject-matter of a discourse.

9. Obedient. Titus 3:1 . Colossians 2:20 .

Subject [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. One that owes allegiance to a sovereign and is governed by his laws. The natives of Great Britain are subjects of the British government. The natives of the United States, and naturalized foreigners, are subjects of the federal government. Men in free governments, are subjects as well as citizens; as citizens, they enjoy rights and franchises; as subjects, they are bound to obey the laws.

2. The subject must obey his prince, because God commands it, and human laws require it.

3. That on which any mental operation is performed; that which is treated or handled; as a subject of discussion before the legislature; a subject of negotiation.

4. This subject for heroic song pleasd me.

5. The subject of a proposition is that concerning which any thing is affirmed or denied.

6. That on which any physical operation is performed; as a subject for dissection or amputation.

7. That in which any thing inheres or exists.

8. Anger is certainly a kind of baseness, as it appears well in the weakness of those subjects in whom it reigns.

9. The person who is treated of; the hero of a piece.

10. Authors of biography are apt to be prejudiced in favor of their subject

11. In grammar, the nominative case to a verb passive.

Subject [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To bring under the power or dominion of. Alexander subjected a great part of the civilized world to his dominion.

2. Firmness of mind that subjects every gratification of sense to the rule of right reason--

3. To put under or within the power of.

4. In one short view subjected to our eye, gods, emperors, heroes, sages, beauties lie.

5. To enslave; to make obnoxious.

6. He is the most subjected, the most enslaved, who is so in his understanding.

7. To expose; to make liable. Credulity subjects a person to impositions.

8. To submit; to make accountable.

9. God is not bound to subject his ways of operation to the scrutiny of our thoughts--

10. To make subservient.

11. --Subjected to his service angel wings.

12. To cause to undergo; as, to subject a substance to a white heat; to subject it to a rigid test.

Subject [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.

2. Placed under the power of another; specifically (International Law), owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state; as, Jamaica is subject to Great Britain.

3. Exposed; liable; prone; disposed; as, a country subject to extreme heat; men subject to temptation.

4. Obedient; submissive.

5. That which is placed under the authority, dominion, control, or influence of something else.

6. Specifically: One who is under the authority of a ruler and is governed by his laws; one who owes allegiance to a sovereign or a sovereign state; as, a subject of Queen Victoria; a British subject; a subject of the United States.

7. That which is subjected, or submitted to, any physical operation or process; specifically (Anat.), a dead body used for the purpose of dissection.

8. That which is brought under thought or examination; that which is taken up for discussion, or concerning which anything is said or done.

9. The person who is treated of; the hero of a piece; the chief character.

10. That of which anything is affirmed or predicated; the theme of a proposition or discourse; that which is spoken of; as, the nominative case is the subject of the verb.

11. That in which any quality, attribute, or relation, whether spiritual or material, inheres, or to which any of these appertain; substance; substratum.

12. Hence, that substance or being which is conscious of its own operations; the mind; the thinking agent or principal; the ego. Cf. Object, n., 2.

Subject [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The principal theme, or leading thought or phrase, on which a composition or a movement is based.

2. The incident, scene, figure, group, etc., which it is the aim of the artist to represent.

Subject [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To bring under control, power, or dominion; to make subject; to subordinate; to subdue.

2. To expose; to make obnoxious or liable; as, credulity subjects a person to impositions.

3. To submit; to make accountable.

4. To make subservient.

5. To cause to undergo; as, to subject a substance to a white heat; to subject a person to a rigid test.

Subject-matter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The matter or thought presented for consideration in some statement or discussion; that which is made the object of thought or study.

Subjected [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Reduced to the dominion of another; enslaved; exposed; submitted; made to undergo.

Subjected [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Subjacent.

2. Reduced to subjection; brought under the dominion of another.

3. Exposed; liable; subject; obnoxious.

Subjected [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Subject

Subjecting [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Subject

Subjection [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The act of subduing; the act of vanquishing and bringing under the dominion of another.

2. The conquest of the kingdom and the subjection of the rebels--

3. The state of being under the power, control and government of another. The safety of life, liberty, and property depends on our subjection to the laws. The isles of the West Indies are held in subjection to the powers of Europe. Our appetites and passions should be in subjection to our reason, and our will should be in entire subjection to the laws of God.

Subjection [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of subjecting, or of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing.

2. The state of being subject, or under the power, control, and government of another; a state of obedience or submissiveness; as, the safety of life, liberty, and property depends on our subjection to the laws.

Subjectist [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One skilled in subjective philosophy; a subjectivist.

Subjective [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Relating to the subject, as opposed to the object.

2. Certainty--is distinguished into objective and subjective; objective, is when the proposition is certainly true of itself; and subjective is when we are certain of the truth of it.

Subjective [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Of or pertaining to a subject.

2. Especially, pertaining to, or derived from, one's own consciousness, in distinction from external observation; ralating to the mind, or intellectual world, in distinction from the outward or material excessively occupied with, or brooding over, one's own internal states.

3. Modified by, or making prominent, the individuality of a writer or an artist; as, a subjective drama or painting; a subjective writer.

Subjectively [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In relation to the subject.

Subjectivism [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

Subjectivist [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who holds to subjectivism; an egoist.

Subjectivity [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

Subjectless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having no subject.

Subjectness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Quality of being subject.

Liability Roget’s Thesaurus §177

N. liability, liableness, possibility, contingency, susceptivity, susceptibility, exposure

V. be -liable, incur, lay oneself open to, run the chance, stand a chance, lie under, expose oneself to, open a door to

Adj. liable, subject, in danger, open to, exposed to, obnoxious to, answerable, unexempt from, apt to, dependent on, incident to, contingent, incidental, possible, on the cards, within range of, at the mercy of, 5, combinations of causes

Subject of thought, νοήματα Topic. N Roget’s Thesaurus §454

N. subject of—, material for thought, food for the mind, mental pabulum, subject, subject matter, matter, theme, νοήματα, topic, what it is about, thesis, text, business, affair, matter in hand, argument, motion, resolution, head, chapter, case, point, proposition, theorem, field of inquiry, moot point, problem

V. float in the mind, pass in the mind

Adj. thought of, uppermost in the mind, in petto

Adv. under consideration, in question, in the mind, on foot, on the carpet, on the docket, on the tapis, relative to

Experiment Roget’s Thesaurus §463

N. experiment, essay, analysis, screen, trial, tentative method, ttonnement, verification, probation, experimentum crucis, proof, (demonstration) 478, criterion, diagnostic, test, probe, crucial test, acid test, litmus test, crucible, reagent, check, touchstone, pix, assay, ordeal, ring, litmus paper, curcuma paper, turmeric paper, test tube, analytical instruments, empiricism, rule of thumb, feeler, trial balloon, pilot balloon, messenger balloon, pilot engine, scout, straw to show the wind, speculation, random shot, leap in the dark, analyzer, analyst, assayist, adventurer, experimenter, experimentist, experimentalist, scientist, engineer, technician, subject, experimentee, guinea pig, experimental animal, protocol, experimental method, blind experiment, double-blind experiment, controlled experiment, poll, survey, opinion poll, epidemiological survey, retrospective analysis, retrospective survey, prospective survey, prospective analysis, statistical analysis, literature search, library research, tryout, audition, discovery, measurement, evidence, deduction, induction, abduction

V. experiment, essay, try, try out, assay, make an experiment, make a trial of, give a trial to, put on trial, subject to trial, experiment upon, rehearse, put to the test, bring to the test, submit to the test, submit to the proof, prove, verify, test, touch, practice upon, try one's strength, road-test, test drive, take for a spin, test fly, grope, feel one's way, grope for one's way, fumble, ttonner, aller ttons, put out a feeler, throw out a feeler, send up a trial balloon, send up a pilot balloon, see how the land lies, get the lay of the land, test the waters, feel out, sound out, take the pulse, see, check, check out, see how the wind blows, consult the barometer, feel the pulse, fish for, bob for, cast for, beat about for, angle, trawl, cast one's net, beat the bushes, try one's fortune, explore

Adj. experimental, empirical, probative, probatory, probationary, provisional, analytic, docimastic, tentative, unverified, unproven, speculative, untested

Adv. on trial, under examination, on probation, under probation, on one's trial, on approval

Phr. check it out, give it a try, see how it goes, "run it up the flagpole and see who salutes."

Meaning Roget’s Thesaurus §516

N. meaning, signification, significance, sense, expression, import, purport, force, drift, tenor, spirit, bearing, coloring, scope, substance, gist, essence, marrow, spirit, matter, subject, subject matter, argument, text, sum and substance, general meaning, broad meaning, substantial meaning, colloquial meaning, literal meaning, plain meaning, simple meaning, natural meaning, unstrained meaning, true meaning, honest meaning, prima facie meaning, letter of the law, literally, after acceptation, synonym, implication, allusion, suggestion, figure of speech, acceptation

V. mean, signify, express, import, purport, convey, imply, breathe, indicate, bespeak, bear a sense, tell of, speak of, touch on, point to, allude to, drive at, involve, declare, understand by

Adj. meaning, expressive, suggestive, allusive, significant, significative, significatory, pithy, full of meaning, pregnant with meaning, declaratory, intelligible, literal, synonymous, tantamount, implied, explicit

Adv. to that effect, that is to say

Servant Roget’s Thesaurus §746

N. subject, liegeman, servant, retainer, follower, henchman, servitor, domestic, menial, help, lady help, employe, attache, official, retinue, suite, cortege, staff, court, attendant, squire, usher, page, donzel, footboy, train bearer, cup bearer, waiter, lapster, butler, livery servant, lackey, footman, flunky, flunkey, valet, valet de chambre, equerry, groom, jockey, hostler, ostler, tiger, orderly, messenger, cad, gillie, herdsman, swineherd, barkeeper, bartender, bell boy, boots, boy, counterjumper, khansamah, khansaman, khitmutgar, yardman, bailiff, castellan, seneschal, chamberlain, major-domo, groom of the chambers, secretary, under secretary, assistant secretary, clerk, subsidiary, agent, subaltern, underling, understrapper, man, maid, maidservant, handmaid, confidente, lady's maid, abigail, soubrette, amah, biddy, nurse, bonne, ayah, nursemaid, nursery maid, house maid, parlor maid, waiting maid, chamber maid, kitchen maid, scullery maid, femme de chambre, femme fille, camarista, chef de cuisine, cordon bleu, cook, scullion, cinderella, potwalloper, maid of all work, servant of all work, laundress, bedmaker, journeyman, charwoman, bearer, chokra, gyp, hamal, scout, serf, vassal, slave, negro, helot, bondsman, bondswoman, bondslave, ame damnee, odalisque, ryot, adscriptus gleboe, villian, villein, beadsman, bedesman, sizar, pensioner, pensionary, client, dependant, dependent, hanger on, satellite, parasite, led captain, protege, ward, hireling, mercenary, puppet, tool, creature, badge of slavery, bonds

V. serve, wait upon, attend upon, dance attendance upon, pin oneself upon, squire, tend, hang on the sleeve of, chore

Adj. in the train of, in one's pay, in one's employ, at one's call, in bonds

Subjection Roget’s Thesaurus §749

N. subjection, dependence, dependency, subordination, thrall, thralldom, thraldom, enthrallment, subjugation, bondage, serfdom, feudalism, feudality, vassalage, villenage, slavery, enslavement, involuntary servitude, conquest, service, servitude, servitorship, tendence, employ, tutelage, clientship, liability, constraint, oppression, yoke, submission, obedience

V. be subject, be at the mercy of, lie at the mercy of, depend upon, lean upon, hang upon, fall a prey to, fall under, play second fiddle, be a mere machine, be a puppet, be a football, not dare to say one's soul is his own, drag a chain, serve, obey, submit, break in, tame, subject, subjugate, master, tread down, tread under foot, weigh down, drag at one's chariot wheels, reduce to subjection, reduce to slavery, enthrall, inthrall, bethrall, enslave, lead captive, take into custody, rule, drive into a corner, hold at the sword's point, keep under, hold in bondage, hold in leading strings, hold in swaddling clothes

Adj. subject, dependent, subordinate, feudal, feudatory, in subjection to, under control, in leading strings, in harness, subjected, enslaved, constrained, downtrodden, overborne, overwhelmed, under the lash, on the hip, led by the nose, henpecked, the puppet of, the sport of, the plaything of, under one's orders, under one's command, under one's thumb, a slave to, at the mercy of, in the power of, in the hands of, in the clutches of, at the feet of, at one's beck and call, liable, parasitical, stipendiary

Adv. under

Phr. "slaves - in a land of light and law"

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Genesis 14:4

Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

For twelve years they had been subject to Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

2 Samuel 6:20

Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel today, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!

As soon as David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the maidservants of his subjects, like a vulgar person would do.”

2 Samuel 8:2

And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.

David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.

2 Samuel 8:6

Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.

Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

2 Samuel 8:14

And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David’s servants. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.

He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

2 Samuel 10:19

And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.

When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.

1 Chronicles 18:2

And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.

David also defeated the Moabites, and they became subject to David and brought him tribute.

1 Chronicles 18:6

Then David put garrisons in Syria-damascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.

Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

1 Chronicles 18:13

And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David’s servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.

He placed garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

1 Chronicles 19:19

And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.

When Hadadezer’s subjects saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him. So the Arameans were unwilling to help the Ammonites anymore.

Nehemiah 5:5

Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.

We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”

Psalms 106:42

Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.

Their enemies oppressed them, and subdued them under their hand.

Proverbs 14:28

In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.

Isaiah 11:14

But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.

They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.

Jeremiah 27:6

And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.

So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him.

Jeremiah 34:11

But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.

but later they changed their minds and took back the menservants and maidservants they had freed, and they forced them to become slaves again.

Jeremiah 34:16

But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.

But now you have changed your minds and profaned My name. Each of you has taken back the menservants and maidservants whom you had set at liberty to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves.

Matthew 5:21

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:

You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’

Matthew 5:22

But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.

Matthew 11:12

And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the violent lay claim to it.