Subject

Subject
Subject Sub*ject", a. [OE. suget, OF. souzget, sougit (in which the first part is L. subtus below, fr. sub under), subgiet, subject, F. sujet, from L. subjectus lying under, subjected, p. p. of subjicere, subicere, to throw, lay, place, or bring under; sub under + jacere to throw. See {Jet} a shooting forth.] 1. Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

2. Placed under the power of another; specifically (International Law), owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state; as, Jamaica is subject to Great Britain. [1913 Webster]

Esau was never subject to Jacob. --Locke. [1913 Webster]

3. Exposed; liable; prone; disposed; as, a country subject to extreme heat; men subject to temptation. [1913 Webster]

All human things are subject to decay. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

4. Obedient; submissive. [1913 Webster]

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities. --Titus iii. 1. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Liable; subordinate; inferior; obnoxious; exposed. See {Liable}. [1913 Webster]


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