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Webster 1913 Edition

Subminister

Sub-min′is-ter

,

Verb.

T.

[L.

subministrare

,

subministratum

. See

, and

,

Verb.

T.

]

To supply; to afford.

[Obs.]

Sir M. Hale.

Sub-min′is-ter

,

Verb.

I.

To be subservient; to be useful.

[Obs.]

“Our passions . . . subminister to the best and worst purposes.”

L’EStrange.

Webster 1828 Edition

Subminister

SUBMIN'ISTER