"subact" meaning in English

See subact in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: subacts [present, singular, third-person], subacting [participle, present], subacted [participle, past], subacted [past]
Etymology: Latin subactus, past participle of subigere (“to subdue”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{lena}} Head templates: {{en-verb}} subact (third-person singular simple present subacts, present participle subacting, simple past and past participle subacted)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To reduce; to subdue. Tags: obsolete, transitive

Inflected forms

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