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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Subject \Sub*ject"\, v. 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.
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              Firmness of mind that subjects every gratification
              of sense to the rule of right reason. --C.
                                                    Middleton.
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              In one short view subjected to our eye,
              Gods, emperors, heroes, sages, beauties, lie.
                                                    --Pope.
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              He is the most subjected, the most ?nslaved, who is
              so in his understanding.              --Locke.
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     2. To expose; to make obnoxious or liable; as, credulity
        subjects a person to impositions.
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     3. To submit; to make accountable.
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              God is not bound to subject his ways of operation to
              the scrutiny of our thoughts.         --Locke.
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     4. To make subservient.
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              Subjected to his service angel wings. --Milton.
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     5. To cause to undergo; as, to subject a substance to a white
        heat; to subject a person to a rigid test.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Subject \Sub*ject"\, v. 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 ?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.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  subjecting
     vb.
     (present participle of en subject nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  subjecting
     vb.
     (present participle of en subject nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  subjecting
     vb.
     (present participle of en subject nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  subjecting
     vb.
     (present participle of en subject nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  subjecting
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm s ubject ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  subjecting
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en subject ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb subject)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Subjecting /sˈʌbdʒɛktɪŋ/
  الإخضاع

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  subjecting /sˈʌbdʒɛktɪŋ/
  unterwerfend
   see: subject, subjected, subjects, subjected
  

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/səbˈdʒɛktɪŋ/


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