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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

subjacens

, p. pr. of

subjacere

to lie under;

sub

under +

jacere

to lie.]

Lying under or below.

Being in a lower situation, though not directly beneath;

as, hills and

subjacent

valleys

Adj.

[L. Sub and jaceo, to lie.]

Lying under or below.

Being in a lower situation, though not directly beneath. A man placed on a hill, surveys the subjacent plain.