Subordinating

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Subordinate \Sub*or"di*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Subordinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subordinating}.]
     1. To place in a lower order or class; to make or consider as
        of less value or importance; as, to subordinate one
        creature to another.
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     2. To make subject; to subject or subdue; as, to subordinate
        the passions to reason.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Sub*or"di*nate*ly}, adv. --
        {Sub*or"di*nate*ness}, n.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  subordinating
       adj : serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause;
             "`when' in `I will come when I can' is a subordinating
             conjunction" [syn: {subordinating(a)}, {subordinative}]
             [ant: {coordinating(a)}]