1. Lying under or below.
2. Being in a lower situation, though not directly beneath; as, hills and subjacent valleys.
SUBJECT Sub*ject", a. Etym: [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.
SUBJECT Sub*ject", n. Etym: [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.