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subminister, v. Now rare.|səbˈmɪnɪstə(r)|
[ad. L. subministrāre (var. summ-): see sub- 8 and minister v. Cf. F. subministrer.]
1. trans. To supply or furnish (sometimes in a secret manner).
1601R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. (1603) 262 Hauing subministred continuall supplies both of men and money, to their neighbors in flanders. 1669Gale Crt. Gentiles i. iii. iv. 56 A soil very fruitful, which subministered these fruits, of its own accord. a1676Hale Prim. Orig. Man. ii. iv. 154 Even the inferior Animals have subministred unto Man the invention..of many things both Natural and Artificial and Medicinal. 1792E. Sibly Occult Sci. I. 56 As nothing can be produced, unless matter be subministered. 1857Truths Cath. Relig. (ed. 4) II. 109 The blessed Virgin, subministering to him her flesh in the accomplishment..of the incarnation.
†2. intr. To minister to (lit. and fig.). Obs.
1611Cotgr., Soubministrer, to subminister vnto. a1679Hobbes Rhet. ii. xviii. 76 They have wherewithal to subminister to their Lust. 1692L'Estrange Fables xxxviii. 38 Our Passions..are Good Servants, but Bad Masters, and Subminister to the Best, and Worst of Purposes, at once.
Hence subˈministering ppl. a.
a1676Hale Prim. Orig. Man. iv. iv. 327 The..accommodation of Faculties with subministring Faculties, and Organs subservient. |