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Webster 1913 Edition

Subject

Sub-ject′

,
Adj.
[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.
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
.
Esau was never
subject
to Jacob.
Locke.
3.
Exposed; liable; prone; disposed;
as, a country
subject
to extreme heat; men
subject
to temptation.
All human things are
subject
to decay.
Dryden.
4.
Obedient; submissive.
Put them in mind to be
subject
to principalities.
Titus iii. 1.
Syn. – Liable; subordinate; inferior; obnoxious; exposed. See
Liable
.

Sub-ject′

,
Noun.
[From L.
subjectus
, through an old form of F.
sujet
. See
Subject
,
Adj.
]
1.
That which is placed under the authority, dominion, control, or influence of something else.
2.
Specifically: One who is under the authority of a ruler and is governed by his laws; one who owes allegiance to a sovereign or a sovereign state;
as, a
subject
of Queen Victoria; a British
subject
; a
subject
of the United States.
Was never
subject
longed to be a king,
As I do long and wish to be a
subject
.
Shakespeare
The
subject
must obey his prince, because God commands it, human laws require it.
Swift.
☞ In international law, the term subject is convertible with citizen.
3.
That which is subjected, or submitted to, any physical operation or process; specifically
(Anat.)
, a dead body used for the purpose of dissection.
4.
That which is brought under thought or examination; that which is taken up for discussion, or concerning which anything is said or done.
“This subject for heroic song.”
Milton.
Make choice of a
subject
, beautiful and noble, which . . . shall afford an ample field of matter wherein to expatiate.
Dryden.
The unhappy
subject
of these quarrels.
Shakespeare
5.
The person who is treated of; the hero of a piece; the chief character.
Writers of particular lives . . . are apt to be prejudiced in favor of their
subject
.
C. Middleton.
6.
(Logic & Gram.)
That of which anything is affirmed or predicated; the theme of a proposition or discourse; that which is spoken of;
as, the nominative case is the
subject
of the verb
.
The
subject
of a proposition is that concerning which anything is affirmed or denied.
I. Watts.
7.
That in which any quality, attribute, or relation, whether spiritual or material, inheres, or to which any of these appertain; substance; substratum.
That which manifests its qualities – in other words, that in which the appearing causes inhere, that to which they belong – is called their
subject
or substance, or substratum.
Sir W. Hamilton.
8.
Hence, that substance or being which is conscious of its own operations; the mind; the thinking agent or principal; the ego. Cf.
Object
,
Noun.
, 2.
The philosophers of mind have, in a manner, usurped and appropriated this expression to themselves. Accordingly, in their hands, the phrases
conscious
or
thinking subject
, and
subject
, mean precisely the same thing.
Sir W. Hamilton.
9.
(Mus.)
The principal theme, or leading thought or phrase, on which a composition or a movement is based.
The earliest known form of
subject
is the ecclesiastical
cantus firmus
, or plain song.
Rockstro.
10.
(Fine Arts)
The incident, scene, figure, group, etc., which it is the aim of the artist to represent.

Sub-ject′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Subjected
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Subjecting
.]
1.
To bring under control, power, or dominion; to make subject; to subordinate; to subdue.
Firmness of mind that
subjects
every gratification of sense to the rule of right reason.
C. Middleton.
In one short view
subjected
to our eye,
Gods, emperors, heroes, sages, beauties, lie.
Pope.
He is the most
subjected
, the most [GREEK]nslaved, who is so in his understanding.
Locke.
2.
To expose; to make obnoxious or liable;
as, credulity
subjects
a person to impositions
.
3.
To submit; to make accountable.
God is not bound to
subject
his ways of operation to the scrutiny of our thoughts.
Locke.
4.
To make subservient.
Subjected
to his service angel wings.
Milton.
5.
To cause to undergo;
as, to
subject
a substance to a white heat; to
subject
a person to a rigid test
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Subject

SUBJECT

,
Adj.
1.
Placed or situate under.
--The eastern tower whose height commands, as subject, all the vale, to see the fight.
2.
Being under the power and dominion of another; as, Jamaica is subject to Great Britain.
Esau was never subject to Jacob.
3.
Exposed; liable from extraneous causes; as a country subject to extreme heat or cold.
4.
Liable from inherent causes; prone; disposed.
All human things are subject to decay.
5.
Being that on which nay thing operates, whether intellectual or material; as the subject-matter of a discourse.
6.
Obedient. Titus 3. Colossians 2.

SUBJECT

,
Noun.
[L.]
1.
One that owes allegiance to a sovereign and is governed by his laws. The natives of Great Britain are subjects of the British government. The natives of the United States, and naturalized foreigners, are subjects of the federal government. Men in free governments, are subjects as well as citizens; as citizens, they enjoy rights and franchises; as subjects, they are bound to obey the laws.
The subject must obey his prince, because God commands it, and human laws require it.
2.
That on which any mental operation is performed; that which is treated or handled; as a subject of discussion before the legislature; a subject of negotiation.
This subject for heroic song pleasd me.
The subject of a proposition is that concerning which any thing is affirmed or denied.
3.
That on which any physical operation is performed; as a subject for dissection or amputation.
4.
That in which any thing inheres or exists.
Anger is certainly a kind of baseness, as it appears well in the weakness of those subjects in whom it reigns.
5.
The person who is treated of; the hero of a piece.
Authors of biography are apt to be prejudiced in favor of their subject.
6.
In grammar, the nominative case to a verb passive.

SUBJECT

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To bring under the power or dominion of. Alexander subjected a great part of the civilized world to his dominion.
Firmness of mind that subjects every gratification of sense to the rule of right reason--
2.
To put under or within the power of.
In one short view subjected to our eye, gods, emperors, heroes, sages, beauties lie.
3.
To enslave; to make obnoxious.
He is the most subjected, the most enslaved, who is so in his understanding.
4.
To expose; to make liable. Credulity subjects a person to impositions.
5.
To submit; to make accountable.
God is not bound to subject his ways of operation to the scrutiny of our thoughts--
6.
To make subservient.
--Subjected to his service angel wings.
7.
To cause to undergo; as, to subject a substance to a white heat; to subject it to a rigid test.

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