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from The Century Dictionary.

  • To be subjected or submitted.

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Examples

  • One wonders then how subjectable to empirical inquiry fitness can be if the definition is so unstable.

    The Weasel Thread 2009

  • Many of the "new atheists" criticize liberal Christians for saying that their religion is not about fact-claims, and is neither against science's conclusions nor subjectable to scientific verification.

    Archive 2009-12-01 James F. McGrath 2009

  • Many of the "new atheists" criticize liberal Christians for saying that their religion is not about fact-claims, and is neither against science's conclusions nor subjectable to scientific verification.

    Opposing Fundamentalist Asantaists James F. McGrath 2009

  • Although she apparently had not been informed that she was subjectable to the inn's clients, for their pleasures, as her behavior, even though she was free, surprisingly perhaps, was subject to correction, such corrections doubtless including such things as the attentions of the five-stranded Gorean slave whip.

    Renegades Of Gor Norman, John 1986

  • Now of course, as a slave herself, she would understand clearly what it was to be the one who is subjectable to such treatment Perhaps free women would treat slaves somewhat differently if they understood that one day it might be themselves whom they might find in the collar.

    Mercenaries Of Gor Norman, John 1985

  • It is impossible to give specific directions as to how unity is to be secured, for this is a matter to be determined almost wholly upon the basis of taste, and taste is not subjectable to codification.

    Essentials in Conducting Karl Wilson Gehrkens 1928

  • His own appearance in the corridor at this hour might have been subjectable to inquiry.

    The Pagan Madonna Harold MacGrath 1901

  • So my views are ssm are based on relious views which i concede aren’t subjectable to testing. that doesn’t mean that in some future date my views won’t be validated by some other scientific study that shows that ssm do have a negative affect on soceity or other some such factor that renders them an unfit state.

    Making Distinctions Between the Distinctions We Make 2004

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