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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[L.

subactus

, p. p. of

subigere

to subdue;

sub

under +

agere

to lead, bring.]

To reduce; to subdue.

[Obs.]

Bacon.

Verb.

[L.] To reduce; to subdue. [Not in use.]

subact ‎(third-person singular simple present subacts, present participle subacting, simple past and past participle subacted)

(obsolete, transitive) To reduce; to subdue.
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