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† suˈbaction Obs.
[ad. L. subactiōnem, n. of action f. subact-, subigĕre (see subact pa. pple.).]
1. The action of working up, reducing, or kneading.
1626Bacon Sylva §838 There are of Concoction two Periods; The one Assimilation, or Absolute Conuersion and Subaction; The other Maturation. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 122 Now Unguents are made one while by the fire,..another while onely by long subaction. 1676Phil. Trans. II. 771 In order to the subaction and detrusion of the aliments. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Subaction,..Among Apothecaries, it is us'd for the working or soft'ning of Plaisters. 1822Good Study Med. I. 324 The smaller ruminating animals, whose food, from the complexity of the organ, lies for a long time quiescent in a state of subaction.
2. Subjection, subdual. rare—0.
1656Blount Glossogr. [citing Bacon; cf. quot. 1626 above]. |