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Webster 1913 Edition
Subjacent
Sub-ja′cent
,Adj.
[L.
subjacens
, p. pr. of subjacere
to lie under; sub
under + jacere
to lie.] 1.
Lying under or below.
2.
Being in a lower situation, though not directly beneath;
as, hills and
. subjacent
valleysWebster 1828 Edition
Subjacent
SUBJACENT
,Adj.
1.
Lying under or below.2.
Being in a lower situation, though not directly beneath. A man placed on a hill, surveys the subjacent plain.Definition 2024
subjacent
subjacent
English
Adjective
subjacent (comparative more subjacent, superlative most subjacent)
- Lying beneath or at a lower level; underlying.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 194-5:
- Since the times of the Spanish conquest of the Americas, however, there had always been a subjacent stream of travel literature which had queried the civilizing function of Western penetration of such societies.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 194-5:
Translations
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