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/səbˈd͡ʒɛkt/ verb C1- To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted. · I came here to buy souvenirs, not to be subjected to a tirade of abuse!
- To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave; to subjugate.
He/she/it subjects · Past subjected · Past participle subjected · -ing form subjecting
Verb forms
- Base form
- subject
- He/she/it
- subjects
- Past
- subjected
- Past participle
- subjected
- -ing form
- subjecting
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She related the subjects of the pictures, the dimensions of the rooms, and the price of the furniture in vain.
Gardiner, highly amused by the kind of family prejudice, to which he attributed her excessive commendation of her master, soon led again to the subject; and she dwelt with energy on his many merits, as they proceeded together up the great staircase.
In the former were many good paintings: but Elizabeth knew nothing of the art; and from such as had been already visible below, she had willingly turned to look at some drawings of Miss Darcy’s, in crayons, whose subjects were usually more interesting, and also more intelligible.
Gardiner would have been highly gratified by her niece’s beginning the subject.
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