subnect

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin subnecto, from sub (under) + necto (to tie).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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subnect (third-person singular simple present subnects, present participle subnecting, simple past and past participle subnected)

  1. To tie or fasten beneath; to join beneath.
    • 1710 December 30, Alexander Pope, letter to Mr. Cromwell[1]:
      his robe might be subnected with a Fibula

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for subnect”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)