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subaudition|sʌbɔːˈdɪʃən|
[ad. L. subaudītio, -ōnem, n. of action f. subaudīre (see subaud v.). Cf. F. subaudition.]
†1. Hearing a little. Obs. rare—0.
1658Phillips.
2. Chiefly Gram. The act of mentally supplying something that is not expressed; something that is mentally supplied or understood; implied or understood meaning.
1798Tooke Purley ii. (1805) 17 If it must have a name, it should rather be called subaudition than abstraction. Ibid. 121 Bond Band Bound—however spelled, and with whatever subaudition applied, is still one and the same word. 1839New Monthly Mag. LVI. 455 There is a sub⁓audition of so many ifs. 1859Trench Study of Words (ed. 9) iii. 87 ‘Policeman’ has no evil subaudition. 1859Thackeray Virgin. lix, Taking the business-part for granted, and leaving it as it were for subaudition. 1905Sat. Rev. 11 Mar. 311 A glorified subaudition of social compact lay also behind the Tudor despotism. |