subsidev.

Brit.

/səbˈsʌɪd/, U.S.

/səbˈsaɪd/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin subsīdere.

Etymology: < classical Latin subsīdere to squat or crouch down, to sit down, to lie in wait, to settle down, stay put, to fall to the ground, to fall to the bottom (in a liquid or other medium), to sink (below a surface), to sink to a lower level, to slope downwards, fall away, (of winds) to become less violent, abate, (of fire) to die down, (of strong feelings) to decrease in force or urgency < sub- sub- prefix + sīdere to sit down (see reside v.²). Compare Italian †subsidere to precipitate (a1585). Compare also Middle French soubseoir to sink down (1380 and 15th cent. in two isolated attestations), showing alteration after seoir to sit (see séance n.).

†1. intransitive. To settle upon a particular object or purpose; to focus one's attention upon. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1607 [implied in: B. Jonson Volpone iii. iv. sig. G2^v There's nothing, more, doth ouerwhelme the iudgment, And clouds the vnderstanding, then too much Setling, and fixing, and (as 't were) subsiding Vpon one obiect. (at subsiding n.)].

1628 J. Jackson Ecclesiastes 35 We doe not rest and subside upon one object, but are strengthning this mans faith, anchoring anothers hope, kindling anothers charity, [etc.].

1897 G. Saintsbury Short Hist. French Lit. (ed. 5) v. vi. 584 Jules Lemaître..tried both the priesthood and the Ecole Normale before he subsided upon literature.

2. intransitive. Of suspended matter, a substance, etc.: to sink down or fall to the bottom; to precipitate. Also with down.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] > sink > in liquid > sink as solid matter in liquid

reside1603

subside1634

sediment1927

1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xiii. xviii. 481 That pus which flowes from the Kidneyes never flowes without water; and although by long keeping in an Vrinall, it at length subsides or falls to the bottome, and may be seene separated.

1666 D. Coxe Let. 19 Jan. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) III. 33 The particles being disjoyned naturally associate with their like..so that the Sulphureous or Oleaginous part emerges to the Top, Mercury Subsides to the bottom.

1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth iii. 202 Their Shells were buried among the other Bodies or Masses which subsided down.

1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 9 Bodies of no more weight than Shells, or Teeth of Fishes, would subside themselves down to the bottom.

1765 Museum Rusticum 4 98 Chalk laid on clay will, we know, subside.

1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem.: Org. (1862) ii. § i. 80 The precipitate is allowed to subside.

1877 T. H. Huxley Physiography 133 The gravel is the first to fall; then the sand subsides, and finally the mud settles down.

1936 Sewage Wks. Jrnl. 8 1016 Removal of settleable solids..is usually accomplished by slowing the velocity of the flowing sewage sufficiently to permit the coarser particles to subside.

1991 Jrnl. Ecol. 79 1009 This organic material accretes vertically as the underlying mineral substrate subsides.

3. To sink to a low or lower level.

a. intransitive. Of something swollen or inflated: to reduce, esp. so as to become flat.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > become reduced in size or extent [verb (intransitive)] > deflate

to go down1582

subside1634

deflate1902

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > lack of height > be low [verb (intransitive)] > sink to a lower level

subside1634

1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. iv. ix. 143 Nature would have the Lungs light for many reasons, the first is that they might be more obsequious and ready to follow the motion of the chest, for when it is straitened, the Lungs are straitened and subside with it.

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 39 If after they be melted you suffer gently to cool, you shall find the parts of the upper Surface to subside and fall inwards.

1731 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Nature Aliments ii. 13 Small Air-bladders..capable to be inflated by the admission of Air, and to subside at the Expulsion of it.

1796 J. Hunter Compl. Dict. Farriery & Horsemanship at Gourdiness A few dressings will heal the sores, and the swelling will subside quickly after.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna vii. xxvii. 169 The Eagle..The eager plumes subsided on his throat.

1885 Law Rep.: Probate Div. 10 87 A small blister, which subsided in a day or two.

1929 H. W. Haggard Devils, Drugs, & Doctors x. 258 The inflammation subsides gradually and the lids open again, but over scarred and sightless eyes.

1990 J. C. Oates Because it is Bitter iii. xiv. 337 He's susceptible to hives, rashes, wheals that mysteriously flare up and as mysteriously subside.

b. intransitive. Of water, soil, etc.: to sink down to a lower or normal level. Of land: to slope downward; to level out.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > movement of material > [verb (intransitive)] > movement under gravity or water > settle or subside

settle1560

subside1671

quata1722

1671 R. Bohun Disc. Wind 96 The heat raising them higher, the Winds and tydes accompany each other to the shoars; yet in the night time, being depriv'd of the Celestiall beams, they subside.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) The Streams Subside from their Banks.

1729 T. Cooke Tales 46 Where shady Mountains rise, and Vales subside.

1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. i. xx. 137 When the earth hath fully subsided, and become firm and solid [etc.].

1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia iv. 28 The mountains converge into a single ridge, which..subsides into plain country.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 76 On pouring a quantity of water into one limb, the water will rise in the other, and when left undisturbed, will subside at an equal height in both.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 513 A little [earth] is left elevated immediately over the drain, to subside to the usual level of the ground.

1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 34 The waters of the Nile had subsided.

1909 F. C. Calkins in Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 384 18 The sides of the valley are rugged, steep, and close together, until they subside and separate in the gently rolling country.

1929 J. Raeside Golden Days 16 The flood waters did not subside, and we were there like three shags on a rock.

2000 Canoeist Apr. 43/3 At last the waves subsided, leaving me with a knotted stomach, trembling heart and kitten weak arms.

c. intransitive. Of ground, a building, etc.: to or cave in as a result of dynamic disturbance, geological erosion, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [verb (intransitive)] > subside

subside1678

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > collapse

founder1489

sink1530

shrink1590

subside1678

collapse1732

blow1783

1678 H. Denton tr. J. Georgarines Descr. Present State of Samos To Rdr. sig. A6^v Certain it is, that many Islands are of later Antiquity than either the Creation, or the Flood, as on the contrary, many have either subsided, or been over-whelm'd.

1742 Philos. Trans. 1739–40 (Royal Soc.) 41 274 By this Rolling were carried away 26 Buildings, large or small, some of which subsided with the Ground, and, being shaken at their Foundations, tumbled on a Heap.

1773 Cook's Voy. (1842) I. ii. xiv. 329 A large tract of country, of which it was part, subsided by some convulsion of nature.

1840 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 6) III. iii. xvi. 345 Buildings which have at different times subsided beneath the level of the sea.

1879 A. R. Wallace's Australasia i. 11 The bottom of the ocean is itself even now subsiding more and more.

1912 Bull. Seismological Soc. Amer. Mar. 52 The earth at that place cracked and subsided, and water carrying black mud gushed out of the cracks.

1964 Pop. Mech. Feb. 20/2 The New Jersey coast is sinking at the rate of 50 inches every thousand years... They say the New England coast is subsiding at about the same rate.

2006 C. Stringer Homo Britannicus vii. 249 Land surfaces in parts of Alaska have become unstable through melting permafrost, causing roads and houses to subside into newly created morasses of mud and marshes.

d. intransitive. Of a person: to sink down into (also on to) a chair, etc.; to sink down on to the floor, etc. Also without construction.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] > sink > allow oneself to drop down gradually or easily

slip1470

sink1713

subside1809

lapse1889

1809 T. Williamson Dominican III. 52 He subsided into a chair, quite overcome with grief and surprise.

1879 F. W. Robinson Coward Conscience i. vi She subsided into the easy-chair.

1888 ‘J. S. Winter’ Bootle's Children ix. 67 The subject of the joke subsided on to a chair where she sat giggling.

a1933 J. Galsworthy End of Chapter (1934) ii. vi. 376 When that long holocaust of sincerity was over and the bride had gone, she subsided into a chair.

1974 T. Sharpe Porterhouse Blue xix. 204 Beneath his feet a rug gently slid away and Sir Godber subsided on to the study floor.

1993 U. Chatterjee Last Burden (1994) vi. 224 Then in the evening, after her bath and before subsiding in front of the TV, she plaits and buns her hair—I know it!

a. intransitive. Of strong feeling, excitement, noisy disturbance, etc.: to become less agitated or intense, fall back into a state of quiet or of less disturbance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > become less violent or severe [verb (intransitive)] > lose vigour or intensity

swindOE

wane1297

forslacka1300

keelc1325

deadc1384

abatea1387

flag1639

to go off1642

subsidea1645

slacken1651

flat1654

lower1699

relax1701

deaden1723

entame1768

sober1825

lighten1827

sletch1847

slow1849

languish1855

bate1860

to slow up1861

to slow down1879

a1645 W. Laud in W. Prynne Hidden Workes Darkenes (1645) 94 Our Proclamation commanded a restraint on both sides till the passions of men might subside and calme.

1678 H. Vaughan Thalia Rediviva 6 Now, that the publick Sorrow doth subside, And those slight tears which Custom Springs..are dried.

1717 N. Amhurst Epist. from Student 15 My fears increasing, as my Hopes subside.

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxii. 191 Then my resentment would subside to silent sorrow: I recalled the tranquility I had lost, I wept over my infatuation.

1783 G. Crabbe Village ii. 37 Cease then that grief, and let those tears subside.

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well I. iv. 80 The clamour which attends the removal of dinner from a public room had subsided.

1855 Poultry Chron. 3 170 Buying and selling fowls has subsided from an excitement to a natural business transaction.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. ix. 99 They parted with softening, dropping voices, subsiding into silence.

1892 ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 2nd Ser. 156 The hubbub gradually subsides.

1947 K. Patchen See you in Morning 74 The noise subsided to the pitch of a well-behaved riot, and the pictures swung back into place on the walls.

1977 E. Figes Nelly's Version i. vi. 61 The hubbub of confused talk subsided audibly.

2000 N.Y. Times 16 Apr. 35/1 I started mentally to repeat the snowboarders' mantra, ‘No guts, no glory’, over and over again, until my fears started to subside.

b. intransitive. Of a condition: to die down, pass or fall away, wear off. Of an action: to be discontinued.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > end or extremity > come to an end [verb (intransitive)]

finea1300

cease1382

fall1523

to break up1544

to blow off1633

subside1654

peter1846

the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of things, actions, or processes

restOE

leathc1275

stintc1275

slakea1300

ceasec1374

slocka1400

batec1400

lissec1400

stanchc1420

surcease1439

remain1480

stopa1529

break1530

decease1538

falla1555

to shut up1609

subside1654

drop1697

low1790

to go out1850

1654 H. Vaughan tr. J. E. Nieremberg 2 Excellent Disc. ii. 139 in Flores Solitudinis Frail and weary life cannot last, and hold out untill the Indiction of immortality; So long a journey cannot be performed without subsiding; A resting place must be had.

1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 24 As the pain subsided, I was soon reconcil'd to fresh trials.

1751 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 10 June (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1750 Your fencing likewise..may subside for the summer.

1762 T. Mortimer Every Man his own Broker (ed. 5) 20 The probability of the premium (given on any Stock) totally subsiding.

1780 in Lett. Earl Malmesbury (1870) I. 460 I shall go when the novelty is a little subsided.

1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab iii. 34 Too soon The slumber of intemperance subsides.

1858 ‘G. Eliot’ Janet's Repentance xxii, in Scenes Clerical Life II. 310 At present he's in a state of apoplectic stupor; but if that subsides, delirium is almost sure to supervene.

1940 N. J. Eastman Expectant Motherhood i. 8 When this ‘morning sickness’ occurs it..subsides ordinarily after a month or six weeks.

1992 J. Shute Life-size xvi. 199 She sits quietly by the bed waiting for my wailing to subside.

†5. transitive. To cause to sink inward. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > cause to collapse > inwards

subside1650

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 75 The roots of that prominencie which subsides the apple of the eye.

6. intransitive. Of wind, the sea, a storm, etc.: to fall to rest, abate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > decrease in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)]

littleOE

setc1000

wanzec1175

lessc1225

allayc1275

wane1297

slaken1303

disincreasec1374

slakec1380

decrease1382

debatea1400

unwaxa1400

wastea1400

adminishc1400

lessenc1400

imminish14..

aslakec1405

minish?a1425

assuagec1430

shrinkc1449

to let down1486

decay1489

diminish1520

fall1523

rebate1540

batea1542

to come down1548

abate1560

stoop1572

pine1580

slack1580

scanten1585

shrivel1588

decrew1596

remit1629

contract1648

subside1680

lower1697

relax1701

drop1730

to take off1776

to run down1792

reduce1798

recede1810

to run off1816

to go down1823

attenuatea1834

ease1876

downscale1945

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [verb (intransitive)] > become calm (of weather or the elements)

calm1399

falla1400

lown?a1600

to fall calm1601

serenify1612

subside1680

lin1693

flat1748

flatten1748

lull1808

to go down1873

1680 J. Owen Contin. Expos. Epist. Paul x. 67 A Wave of the Sea, which sometimes subsides and is quiet, and sometimes is tossed one way or another.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 207 Where e're he guides His finny Coursers,..The Waves unruffle and the Sea subsides.

a1721 M. Prior Tale from Boccace 55, in Wks. (1907) II. 343 Not Waves and winds Subside more sudden.

1740 C. Pitt tr. Virgil Æneid II. vii. 296 The Sea subsiding, and the Tempests o'er.

1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 121 The moon arose, the wind subsided, and the evening became so serene and inviting, that a resolution was taken, to sup on the spot.

1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. xlix. 168 The wind had already subsided.

1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 54 Beneath where..soft the tree-top swell subsides.

1926 Boys' Life Jan. 32/1 Believe me I was glad when the storm subsided for good and daybreak came.

1960 J. Murray Drawn in Colour xi. 91 Soon the sun shone again, the rain and wind subsided and the flight was smooth once more.

2007 Topeka (Kansas) Capital-Jrnl. (Nexis) 14 Jan. a1 The race problems that came to light after Hurricane Katrina subsided with the waters.

7. Of a person, etc.

a. intransitive. To fall into an inactive or less active or efficient state.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > be inactive [verb (intransitive)] > become inactive

sweveOE

quiesce1645

subside1726

swoon1821

lull1850

1726 E. Young Universal Passion (Satire the Last) 10 His swelling soul subsides to native peace.

1792 European Mag. & London Rev. June 447/2 You know you are subsiding into the calm evening of life, when the tempestuous passions gently sink into a soft undisturbed respose.

1847 C. G. F. Gore Castles in Air xix I am not sure but I would rather live in the King's Bench..than subside into a country Squire.

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. xv. 140 ‘That was well done!’ panted Bella, slackening in the next street, and subsiding into a walk.

1885 Manch. Examiner 22 June 5/3 After a very promising career..he has subsided into a quiet and indifferent attitude.

1955 A. Atkinson Exit Charlie (1957) iii. 61 She subsided into sulky silence.

1992 G. Adair Post-modernist always rings Twice 98 Bilko..subsides into so terminal a state of apathy that to every enquiry addressed to him he can only reply, in a voice of infinite weariness, ‘I don't know, I just don't know.’

b. intransitive. To cease from activity; spec. to lapse into silence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)]

i-swikec893

swikec897

atwindc1000

linOE

studegieOE

stintc1175

letc1200

stuttea1225

leavec1225

astint1250

doc1300

finec1300

blina1325

cease1330

stable1377

resta1382

ho1390

to say or cry ho1390

resta1398

astartc1400

discontinuec1425

surcease1428

to let offc1450

resista1475

finish1490

to lay a straw?a1505

to give over1526

succease1551

to put (also pack) up one's pipes1556

end1557

to stay (one's own or another's) hand1560

stick1574

stay1576

to draw bridle1577

to draw rein1577

to set down one's rest1589

overgive1592

absist1614

subsista1639

beholdc1650

unbridle1653

to knock offa1657

acquiesce1659

to set (up) one's rest1663

sista1676

stop1689

to draw rein1725

subside1734

remit1765

to let up1787

to wind (up) one's pirna1835

to cry crack1888

to shut off1896

to pack in1906

to close down1921

to pack up1925

to sign off1929

the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > be silent/refrain from speaking [verb (intransitive)] > stop speaking

to make up one's mouthc1175

to shut (also close) one's mouthc1175

blina1300

dumba1300

leavea1375

to put a sock in ita1529

hush1548

silence1551

stay1551

stow1567

stop1579

to save one's breath (also wind)1605

tace1697

stubble it!1699

shut your trap!1796

to keep a calm (or quiet) sough1808

stubble your whids!1830

to shut up1840

to dry up1853

pawl1867

subside1872

to pipe down1876

to shut (one's) head, face1876

shurrup1893

to shut off1896

clam1916

dry1934

shtum1958

to oyster up1973

1734 J. Hildrop Let. 22 Sept. in J. Nichols Illustr. Lit. Hist. (1822) III. 324 So great a change naturally disconcerts and unsettles a man; I am sure it does me, and will do till I can subside and know whereabouts I am.

1872 Congressional Globe 6 Feb. 842/1 I wish to ask my friend a question if he can subside long enough to enable me to do it.

1880 Daily News 1 July Being told he must keep quiet or be arrested he subsided.

1921 Eng. Jrnl. 10 581 The quarry-slave raised his head, but he saw the circles under Edith's tired eyes and subsided.

1999 C. Grimshaw Provocation ii. 24 We did it continuously, for hours it seemed, my boyfriend..subsiding eventually all shagged out and hoarse and tearful over his post-coital cigarette.

8. intransitive. To be merged in; to pass into.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > incorporation or inclusion > assimilation or absorption > be assimilated or absorbed [verb (intransitive)]

to run into ——1570

melt1590

assimilate1763

subside1772

merge1802

inosculate1836

liquesce1920

1772 T. Simes Mil. Guide Young Officers 5 Politeness should exceed authority, and the Officer subside in the gentleman.

1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. xii. 267 The old life was..never entirely to subside into the new.

a1902 S. Butler Way of All Flesh (1903) xlvii. 211 Tractarianism had subsided into a tenth day's wonder.

1988 N. Lowndes Chekago ii. 57 Outside the day was already subsiding into grey twilight though it was barely afternoon.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	subside
释义	† subsiden. Forms: late Middle English subseyd, late Middle English subsidde, late Middle English–1500s subsede, late Middle English–1800s subside, 1500s subsyde; Scottish pre-1700 subsede, pre-1700 subseid, pre-1700 subseide, pre-1700 subseyd, pre-1700 subsid, pre-1700 subside, pre-1700 subsyd. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French subside. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French subside (French subside ) < classical Latin subsidium (for both, see subsidy n.). Compare earlier subsidy n. and the foreign-language forms cited at that entry.Some early quots. (both in Middle English and, more frequently, in Older Scots) could alternatively be taken as showing stressed final -e and hence spelling variants of subsidy n. Obsolete. A financial contribution made or levied to provide assistance, esp. to a lord, sovereign, etc.; a subsidy. Cf. subsidy n. 2, 3a. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > subsidy > [noun] witereden688 commorth1402 aid1419 subsidy1422 subside?a1425 prest?c1430 loan1439 subventiona1475 benevolence1483 loan-money1523 gratitude1535 press money1561 subsidy money1577 malevolence1592 succour1605 oblation1613 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > subsidy > [noun] > levy of or for subside?a1425 subsidiary1603 ?a1425 (a1400) Brut (Corpus Cambr.) 329 He axed..a grete subsede to be graunted to hem for defendyng of hem and of his reame. 1474 in C. Rogers Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1879) I. 215 The byschoppis subseyd at his fyrst entre. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxiij^v/2 (heading) The rate of the kyngis Custum & subside of marchaundises registred in the escheker. 1542 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 156 Payd for the Kyngs subsyde xiij s. iiij d. 1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. Cvij King Phillip, for al those dominions & mines of treasures, was content to be pingling with our purses: made Queene Mary to aske..frequent subsides. 1606 B. Barnes Foure Bks. Offices i. 2 The charge of Treasurers consisteth in the receiuing, keeping, and disbursing of the prince his money..supplied by the subsides, fines, and forfeitures of cities, societies, and malefactors. 1662 F. Philipps Restauranda 23 A Subside to Henry the seventh..at a tenth of every mans goods towards the setting forth an Army into Britain. 1713 A. Boyer Hist. Reign Queen Anne: Year the Eleventh App. 29 For the same Reasons that her Majesty thought fit to take upon herself the Emperor's Quota of the 12000 Men, she likewise charged herself with his Quota and the Subsides. 1769 Extraordinary North Briton 26 Aug. 407 To contribute toward the Subsides which the particular Exigencies of the State in Ireland required, Writs were directed even to the Ladies, who were Proprietors of Land in that Kingdom. 1801 Brit. Critic Apr. 352 The executive power expelled the heads of the majority of the legislators, because they would not grant them the subsides necessary to make it good. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2021). subsidev. Brit. /səbˈsʌɪd/, U.S. /səbˈsaɪd/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin subsīdere. Etymology: < classical Latin subsīdere to squat or crouch down, to sit down, to lie in wait, to settle down, stay put, to fall to the ground, to fall to the bottom (in a liquid or other medium), to sink (below a surface), to sink to a lower level, to slope downwards, fall away, (of winds) to become less violent, abate, (of fire) to die down, (of strong feelings) to decrease in force or urgency < sub- sub- prefix + sīdere to sit down (see reside v.²). Compare Italian †subsidere to precipitate (a1585). Compare also Middle French soubseoir to sink down (1380 and 15th cent. in two isolated attestations), showing alteration after seoir to sit (see séance n.). †1. intransitive. To settle upon a particular object or purpose; to focus one's attention upon. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1607 [implied in: B. Jonson Volpone iii. iv. sig. G2^v There's nothing, more, doth ouerwhelme the iudgment, And clouds the vnderstanding, then too much Setling, and fixing, and (as 't were) subsiding Vpon one obiect. (at subsiding n.)]. 1628 J. Jackson Ecclesiastes 35 We doe not rest and subside upon one object, but are strengthning this mans faith, anchoring anothers hope, kindling anothers charity, [etc.]. 1897 G. Saintsbury Short Hist. French Lit. (ed. 5) v. vi. 584 Jules Lemaître..tried both the priesthood and the Ecole Normale before he subsided upon literature. 2. intransitive. Of suspended matter, a substance, etc.: to sink down or fall to the bottom; to precipitate. Also with down. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] > sink > in liquid > sink as solid matter in liquid reside1603 subside1634 sediment1927 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xiii. xviii. 481 That pus which flowes from the Kidneyes never flowes without water; and although by long keeping in an Vrinall, it at length subsides or falls to the bottome, and may be seene separated. 1666 D. Coxe Let. 19 Jan. in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) III. 33 The particles being disjoyned naturally associate with their like..so that the Sulphureous or Oleaginous part emerges to the Top, Mercury Subsides to the bottom. 1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth iii. 202 Their Shells were buried among the other Bodies or Masses which subsided down. 1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 9 Bodies of no more weight than Shells, or Teeth of Fishes, would subside themselves down to the bottom. 1765 Museum Rusticum 4 98 Chalk laid on clay will, we know, subside. 1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem.: Org. (1862) ii. § i. 80 The precipitate is allowed to subside. 1877 T. H. Huxley Physiography 133 The gravel is the first to fall; then the sand subsides, and finally the mud settles down. 1936 Sewage Wks. Jrnl. 8 1016 Removal of settleable solids..is usually accomplished by slowing the velocity of the flowing sewage sufficiently to permit the coarser particles to subside. 1991 Jrnl. Ecol. 79 1009 This organic material accretes vertically as the underlying mineral substrate subsides. 3. To sink to a low or lower level. a. intransitive. Of something swollen or inflated: to reduce, esp. so as to become flat. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > become reduced in size or extent [verb (intransitive)] > deflate to go down1582 subside1634 deflate1902 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > lack of height > be low [verb (intransitive)] > sink to a lower level subside1634 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. iv. ix. 143 Nature would have the Lungs light for many reasons, the first is that they might be more obsequious and ready to follow the motion of the chest, for when it is straitened, the Lungs are straitened and subside with it. 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 39 If after they be melted you suffer gently to cool, you shall find the parts of the upper Surface to subside and fall inwards. 1731 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Nature Aliments ii. 13 Small Air-bladders..capable to be inflated by the admission of Air, and to subside at the Expulsion of it. 1796 J. Hunter Compl. Dict. Farriery & Horsemanship at Gourdiness A few dressings will heal the sores, and the swelling will subside quickly after. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna vii. xxvii. 169 The Eagle..The eager plumes subsided on his throat. 1885 Law Rep.: Probate Div. 10 87 A small blister, which subsided in a day or two. 1929 H. W. Haggard Devils, Drugs, & Doctors x. 258 The inflammation subsides gradually and the lids open again, but over scarred and sightless eyes. 1990 J. C. Oates Because it is Bitter iii. xiv. 337 He's susceptible to hives, rashes, wheals that mysteriously flare up and as mysteriously subside. b. intransitive. Of water, soil, etc.: to sink down to a lower or normal level. Of land: to slope downward; to level out. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > movement of material > [verb (intransitive)] > movement under gravity or water > settle or subside settle1560 subside1671 quata1722 1671 R. Bohun Disc. Wind 96 The heat raising them higher, the Winds and tydes accompany each other to the shoars; yet in the night time, being depriv'd of the Celestiall beams, they subside. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) The Streams Subside from their Banks. 1729 T. Cooke Tales 46 Where shady Mountains rise, and Vales subside. 1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. i. xx. 137 When the earth hath fully subsided, and become firm and solid [etc.]. 1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia iv. 28 The mountains converge into a single ridge, which..subsides into plain country. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 76 On pouring a quantity of water into one limb, the water will rise in the other, and when left undisturbed, will subside at an equal height in both. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 513 A little [earth] is left elevated immediately over the drain, to subside to the usual level of the ground. 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 34 The waters of the Nile had subsided. 1909 F. C. Calkins in Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. No. 384 18 The sides of the valley are rugged, steep, and close together, until they subside and separate in the gently rolling country. 1929 J. Raeside Golden Days 16 The flood waters did not subside, and we were there like three shags on a rock. 2000 Canoeist Apr. 43/3 At last the waves subsided, leaving me with a knotted stomach, trembling heart and kitten weak arms. c. intransitive. Of ground, a building, etc.: to or cave in as a result of dynamic disturbance, geological erosion, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [verb (intransitive)] > subside subside1678 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > collapse founder1489 sink1530 shrink1590 subside1678 collapse1732 blow1783 1678 H. Denton tr. J. Georgarines Descr. Present State of Samos To Rdr. sig. A6^v Certain it is, that many Islands are of later Antiquity than either the Creation, or the Flood, as on the contrary, many have either subsided, or been over-whelm'd. 1742 Philos. Trans. 1739–40 (Royal Soc.) 41 274 By this Rolling were carried away 26 Buildings, large or small, some of which subsided with the Ground, and, being shaken at their Foundations, tumbled on a Heap. 1773 Cook's Voy. (1842) I. ii. xiv. 329 A large tract of country, of which it was part, subsided by some convulsion of nature. 1840 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 6) III. iii. xvi. 345 Buildings which have at different times subsided beneath the level of the sea. 1879 A. R. Wallace's Australasia i. 11 The bottom of the ocean is itself even now subsiding more and more. 1912 Bull. Seismological Soc. Amer. Mar. 52 The earth at that place cracked and subsided, and water carrying black mud gushed out of the cracks. 1964 Pop. Mech. Feb. 20/2 The New Jersey coast is sinking at the rate of 50 inches every thousand years... They say the New England coast is subsiding at about the same rate. 2006 C. Stringer Homo Britannicus vii. 249 Land surfaces in parts of Alaska have become unstable through melting permafrost, causing roads and houses to subside into newly created morasses of mud and marshes. d. intransitive. Of a person: to sink down into (also on to) a chair, etc.; to sink down on to the floor, etc. Also without construction. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] > sink > allow oneself to drop down gradually or easily slip1470 sink1713 subside1809 lapse1889 1809 T. Williamson Dominican III. 52 He subsided into a chair, quite overcome with grief and surprise. 1879 F. W. Robinson Coward Conscience i. vi She subsided into the easy-chair. 1888 ‘J. S. Winter’ Bootle's Children ix. 67 The subject of the joke subsided on to a chair where she sat giggling. a1933 J. Galsworthy End of Chapter (1934) ii. vi. 376 When that long holocaust of sincerity was over and the bride had gone, she subsided into a chair. 1974 T. Sharpe Porterhouse Blue xix. 204 Beneath his feet a rug gently slid away and Sir Godber subsided on to the study floor. 1993 U. Chatterjee Last Burden (1994) vi. 224 Then in the evening, after her bath and before subsiding in front of the TV, she plaits and buns her hair—I know it! 4. a. intransitive. Of strong feeling, excitement, noisy disturbance, etc.: to become less agitated or intense, fall back into a state of quiet or of less disturbance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > become less violent or severe [verb (intransitive)] > lose vigour or intensity swindOE wane1297 forslacka1300 keelc1325 deadc1384 abatea1387 flag1639 to go off1642 subsidea1645 slacken1651 flat1654 lower1699 relax1701 deaden1723 entame1768 sober1825 lighten1827 sletch1847 slow1849 languish1855 bate1860 to slow up1861 to slow down1879 a1645 W. Laud in W. Prynne Hidden Workes Darkenes (1645) 94 Our Proclamation commanded a restraint on both sides till the passions of men might subside and calme. 1678 H. Vaughan Thalia Rediviva 6 Now, that the publick Sorrow doth subside, And those slight tears which Custom Springs..are dried. 1717 N. Amhurst Epist. from Student 15 My fears increasing, as my Hopes subside. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxii. 191 Then my resentment would subside to silent sorrow: I recalled the tranquility I had lost, I wept over my infatuation. 1783 G. Crabbe Village ii. 37 Cease then that grief, and let those tears subside. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well I. iv. 80 The clamour which attends the removal of dinner from a public room had subsided. 1855 Poultry Chron. 3 170 Buying and selling fowls has subsided from an excitement to a natural business transaction. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. ix. 99 They parted with softening, dropping voices, subsiding into silence. 1892 ‘F. Anstey’ Voces Populi 2nd Ser. 156 The hubbub gradually subsides. 1947 K. Patchen See you in Morning 74 The noise subsided to the pitch of a well-behaved riot, and the pictures swung back into place on the walls. 1977 E. Figes Nelly's Version i. vi. 61 The hubbub of confused talk subsided audibly. 2000 N.Y. Times 16 Apr. 35/1 I started mentally to repeat the snowboarders' mantra, ‘No guts, no glory’, over and over again, until my fears started to subside. b. intransitive. Of a condition: to die down, pass or fall away, wear off. Of an action: to be discontinued. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > end or extremity > come to an end [verb (intransitive)] finea1300 cease1382 fall1523 to break up1544 to blow off1633 subside1654 peter1846 the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of things, actions, or processes restOE leathc1275 stintc1275 slakea1300 ceasec1374 slocka1400 batec1400 lissec1400 stanchc1420 surcease1439 remain1480 stopa1529 break1530 decease1538 falla1555 to shut up1609 subside1654 drop1697 low1790 to go out1850 1654 H. Vaughan tr. J. E. Nieremberg 2 Excellent Disc. ii. 139 in Flores Solitudinis Frail and weary life cannot last, and hold out untill the Indiction of immortality; So long a journey cannot be performed without subsiding; A resting place must be had. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 24 As the pain subsided, I was soon reconcil'd to fresh trials. 1751 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 10 June (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1750 Your fencing likewise..may subside for the summer. 1762 T. Mortimer Every Man his own Broker (ed. 5) 20 The probability of the premium (given on any Stock) totally subsiding. 1780 in Lett. Earl Malmesbury (1870) I. 460 I shall go when the novelty is a little subsided. 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab iii. 34 Too soon The slumber of intemperance subsides. 1858 ‘G. Eliot’ Janet's Repentance xxii, in Scenes Clerical Life II. 310 At present he's in a state of apoplectic stupor; but if that subsides, delirium is almost sure to supervene. 1940 N. J. Eastman Expectant Motherhood i. 8 When this ‘morning sickness’ occurs it..subsides ordinarily after a month or six weeks. 1992 J. Shute Life-size xvi. 199 She sits quietly by the bed waiting for my wailing to subside. †5. transitive. To cause to sink inward. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > cause to collapse > inwards subside1650 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 75 The roots of that prominencie which subsides the apple of the eye. 6. intransitive. Of wind, the sea, a storm, etc.: to fall to rest, abate. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > decrease in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)] littleOE setc1000 wanzec1175 lessc1225 allayc1275 wane1297 slaken1303 disincreasec1374 slakec1380 decrease1382 debatea1400 unwaxa1400 wastea1400 adminishc1400 lessenc1400 imminish14.. aslakec1405 minish?a1425 assuagec1430 shrinkc1449 to let down1486 decay1489 diminish1520 fall1523 rebate1540 batea1542 to come down1548 abate1560 stoop1572 pine1580 slack1580 scanten1585 shrivel1588 decrew1596 remit1629 contract1648 subside1680 lower1697 relax1701 drop1730 to take off1776 to run down1792 reduce1798 recede1810 to run off1816 to go down1823 attenuatea1834 ease1876 downscale1945 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [verb (intransitive)] > become calm (of weather or the elements) calm1399 falla1400 lown?a1600 to fall calm1601 serenify1612 subside1680 lin1693 flat1748 flatten1748 lull1808 to go down1873 1680 J. Owen Contin. Expos. Epist. Paul x. 67 A Wave of the Sea, which sometimes subsides and is quiet, and sometimes is tossed one way or another. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 207 Where e're he guides His finny Coursers,..The Waves unruffle and the Sea subsides. a1721 M. Prior Tale from Boccace 55, in Wks. (1907) II. 343 Not Waves and winds Subside more sudden. 1740 C. Pitt tr. Virgil Æneid II. vii. 296 The Sea subsiding, and the Tempests o'er. 1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 121 The moon arose, the wind subsided, and the evening became so serene and inviting, that a resolution was taken, to sup on the spot. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. xlix. 168 The wind had already subsided. 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 54 Beneath where..soft the tree-top swell subsides. 1926 Boys' Life Jan. 32/1 Believe me I was glad when the storm subsided for good and daybreak came. 1960 J. Murray Drawn in Colour xi. 91 Soon the sun shone again, the rain and wind subsided and the flight was smooth once more. 2007 Topeka (Kansas) Capital-Jrnl. (Nexis) 14 Jan. a1 The race problems that came to light after Hurricane Katrina subsided with the waters. 7. Of a person, etc. a. intransitive. To fall into an inactive or less active or efficient state. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > be inactive [verb (intransitive)] > become inactive sweveOE quiesce1645 subside1726 swoon1821 lull1850 1726 E. Young Universal Passion (Satire the Last) 10 His swelling soul subsides to native peace. 1792 European Mag. & London Rev. June 447/2 You know you are subsiding into the calm evening of life, when the tempestuous passions gently sink into a soft undisturbed respose. 1847 C. G. F. Gore Castles in Air xix I am not sure but I would rather live in the King's Bench..than subside into a country Squire. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. xv. 140 ‘That was well done!’ panted Bella, slackening in the next street, and subsiding into a walk. 1885 Manch. Examiner 22 June 5/3 After a very promising career..he has subsided into a quiet and indifferent attitude. 1955 A. Atkinson Exit Charlie (1957) iii. 61 She subsided into sulky silence. 1992 G. Adair Post-modernist always rings Twice 98 Bilko..subsides into so terminal a state of apathy that to every enquiry addressed to him he can only reply, in a voice of infinite weariness, ‘I don't know, I just don't know.’ b. intransitive. To cease from activity; spec. to lapse into silence. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] i-swikec893 swikec897 atwindc1000 linOE studegieOE stintc1175 letc1200 stuttea1225 leavec1225 astint1250 doc1300 finec1300 blina1325 cease1330 stable1377 resta1382 ho1390 to say or cry ho1390 resta1398 astartc1400 discontinuec1425 surcease1428 to let offc1450 resista1475 finish1490 to lay a straw?a1505 to give over1526 succease1551 to put (also pack) up one's pipes1556 end1557 to stay (one's own or another's) hand1560 stick1574 stay1576 to draw bridle1577 to draw rein1577 to set down one's rest1589 overgive1592 absist1614 subsista1639 beholdc1650 unbridle1653 to knock offa1657 acquiesce1659 to set (up) one's rest1663 sista1676 stop1689 to draw rein1725 subside1734 remit1765 to let up1787 to wind (up) one's pirna1835 to cry crack1888 to shut off1896 to pack in1906 to close down1921 to pack up1925 to sign off1929 the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > be silent/refrain from speaking [verb (intransitive)] > stop speaking to make up one's mouthc1175 to shut (also close) one's mouthc1175 blina1300 dumba1300 leavea1375 to put a sock in ita1529 hush1548 silence1551 stay1551 stow1567 stop1579 to save one's breath (also wind)1605 tace1697 stubble it!1699 shut your trap!1796 to keep a calm (or quiet) sough1808 stubble your whids!1830 to shut up1840 to dry up1853 pawl1867 subside1872 to pipe down1876 to shut (one's) head, face1876 shurrup1893 to shut off1896 clam1916 dry1934 shtum1958 to oyster up1973 1734 J. Hildrop Let. 22 Sept. in J. Nichols Illustr. Lit. Hist. (1822) III. 324 So great a change naturally disconcerts and unsettles a man; I am sure it does me, and will do till I can subside and know whereabouts I am. 1872 Congressional Globe 6 Feb. 842/1 I wish to ask my friend a question if he can subside long enough to enable me to do it. 1880 Daily News 1 July Being told he must keep quiet or be arrested he subsided. 1921 Eng. Jrnl. 10 581 The quarry-slave raised his head, but he saw the circles under Edith's tired eyes and subsided. 1999 C. Grimshaw Provocation ii. 24 We did it continuously, for hours it seemed, my boyfriend..subsiding eventually all shagged out and hoarse and tearful over his post-coital cigarette. 8. intransitive. To be merged in; to pass into. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > incorporation or inclusion > assimilation or absorption > be assimilated or absorbed [verb (intransitive)] to run into ——1570 melt1590 assimilate1763 subside1772 merge1802 inosculate1836 liquesce1920 1772 T. Simes Mil. Guide Young Officers 5 Politeness should exceed authority, and the Officer subside in the gentleman. 1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. xii. 267 The old life was..never entirely to subside into the new. a1902 S. Butler Way of All Flesh (1903) xlvii. 211 Tractarianism had subsided into a tenth day's wonder. 1988 N. Lowndes Chekago ii. 57 Outside the day was already subsiding into grey twilight though it was barely afternoon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.?a1425v.1607
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