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Webster 1913 Edition

Subside

Sub-side′

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Subsided
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Subsiding
.]
[L.
subsidere
;
sub
under, below +
sidere
to sit down, to settle; akin to
sedere
to sit, E.
sit
. See
Sit
.]
1.
To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.
2.
To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
“Heaven’s subsiding hill.”
Dryden.
3.
To fall into a state of quiet; 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.
Syn. – See
Abate
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Subside

SUBSI'DE

,
Verb.
I.
[L. subsido; sub and sido, to settle. See Set.]
1.
To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle; as lees.
2.
To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to become tranquil. Let the passions subside. The tumults of war will subside. Christ commanded, and the storm subsided.
3.
To tend downwards; to sink; as a subsiding hill. The land subsides into a plain.
4.
To abate; to be reduced.
In cases of danger, pride and envy naturally subside.

Definition 2024

subside

subside

English

Verb

subside ‎(third-person singular simple present subsides, present participle subsiding, simple past and past participle subsided)

  1. To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.
  2. To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
  3. To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate.
    The sea subsides.  The tumults of war will subside.  The fever has subsided.‎
    • 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter III”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
      Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped ; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, […].

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Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin subsidium, from subsidere

Pronunciation

Noun

subside m ‎(plural subsides)

  1. contribution, tax
    Le produit de taxes si mal réparties avait des limites, et les besoins des princes n'en avaient plus. Cependant ils ne voulaient ni convoquer les États pour en obtenir des subsides, ni provoquer la noblesse, en l'imposant, à réclamer la convocation de ces assemblées. (Tocqueville, Ancien Régime et Révolution, 1856)
  2. subsidy, pension, monetary help
    Max Jacob vit en effet pauvrement, sans cependant manquer de rien, à cause de certaines relations qu'il a, par exemple, Poiret, dont il est vrai qu'il reçoit quelques subsides. (Léautaud, Journal littéraire, 3, 1916)

Latin

Verb

subsīde

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of subsīdō

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin subsidium.

Noun

subside m, f

  1. subsidy (financial assistance)
  2. tax; taxation

Descendants

References

Portuguese

Verb

subside

  1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of subsidar
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of subsidar
  3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of subsidar
  4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of subsidar

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aɪd

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