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▪ I. suˈbordinating, vbl. n.
[-ing1.]
Placing in a subordinate position.
a1600Hooker Eccl. Pol. vii. xv. (1662) 43 The subordinating of inferiors to discharge some part of the same [office].
▪ II. suˈbordinating, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That subordinates; involving subordination. subordinating conjunction (Gram.), one that serves to join a subordinate to a principal clause.
1751[see subordinated ppl. a.]. 1850Grote Greece ii. lxiv. VIII. 281 Constant subordinating control. 1857J. W. Gibbs Philol. Studies 116 The subordinative or subordinating proposition. 1875Whitney Life Lang. xii. 241 Relatives and subordinating conjunctions are wanting. |
