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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Subject \Sub*ject"\, n. [From L. subjectus through an old form of F. sujet. See {Subject}, a.] 1. That which is placed under the authority, dominion, control, or influence of something else. 2. Specifically: One who is under the authority of a ruler and is governed by his laws; one who owes allegiance to a sovereign or a sovereign state; as a subject of Queen Victoria; a British subject; a subject of the United States. Was never subject longed to be a king, As I do long and wish to be a subject. --Shak. The subject must obey his prince, because God commands it human laws require it --Swift. Note: In international law, the term subject is convertible with citizen. 3. That which is subjected, or submitted to any physical operation or process; specifically (Anat.), a dead body used for the purpose of dissection. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Subject \Sub*ject"\, a. [OE. suget, OF souzget sougit (in which the first part is L. subtus below, fr sub under), subgiet subject, F. sujet, from L. subjectus lying under subjected, p. p. of subjicere subicere to throw, lay, place or bring under sub under + jacere to throw. See {Jet} a shooting forth.] 1. Placed or situated under lying below, or in a lower situation. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. Placed under the power of another; specifically (International Law), owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state; as Jamaica is subject to Great Britain. Esau was never subject to Jacob. --Locke. 3. Exposed; liable; prone; disposed; as a country subject to extreme heat; men subject to temptation. All human things are subject to decay. --Dryden. 4. Obedient; submissive. Put them in mind to be subject to principalities. --Titus iii. 1. Syn: Liable; subordinate; inferior; obnoxious; exposed. See {Liable}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Subject \Sub*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subjected}; p. pr & vb n. {Subjecting}.] 1. To bring under control, power, or dominion; to make subject; to subordinate; to subdue. Firmness of mind that subjects every gratification of sense to the rule of right reason. --C. Middleton. In one short view subjected to our eye, Gods, emperors, heroes, sages, beauties, lie. --Pope. He is the most subjected, the most ?nslaved, who is so in his understanding. --Locke. 2. To expose; to make obnoxious or liable; as credulity subjects a person to impositions. 3. To submit; to make accountable. God is not bound to subject his ways of operation to the scrutiny of our thoughts. --Locke. 4. To make subservient. Subjected to his service angel wings. --Milton. 5. To cause to undergo; as to subject a substance to a white heat; to subject a person to a rigid test. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: subject adj 1: not exempt from tax; "the gift will be subject to taxation" [syn: {subject(p)}] 2: being under the power or sovereignty of another or others "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince" [syn: {dependent}] n 1: the subject matter of a conversation or discussion; "he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love" [syn: {topic}, {theme}] 2: some situation or event that is thought about "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police" [syn: {topic}, {issue}, {matter}] 3: a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings" [syn: {discipline}, {subject area}, {subject field}, {field}, {field of study}, {study}, {branch of knowledge}] 4: something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation; "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject" [syn: {content}, {depicted object}] 5: a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation; "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities" [syn: {case}, {guinea pig}] 6: a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects" [syn: {national}] 7: (linguistics) the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated in a sentence v 1: cause to experience or suffer: "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills" 2: make accountable for: "He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors" 3: make vulnerable or liable to "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation" 4: make liable: "This action may subject you to certain penalties" 5: make subservient; force to submit [syn: {subjugate}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: subjectIn {subject-oriented programming}, a subject is a collection of {classes} or class fragments whose {class hierarchy} models its domain in its own subjective way A subject may be a complete application in itself or it may be an incomplete fragment that must be composed with other subjects to produce a complete application. Subject composition combines class hierarchies to produce new subjects that incorporate functionality from existing subjects. (1999-08-31)
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