Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A prefix in English words, meaning ‘under,’ ‘below,’ ‘less than’: opposed to super-.
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Examples
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								Most campaigns for statewide office and in competitive districts, where there is a broad mix of voters to be courted, engage in a similar subter-fudge on their views. Rand Paul's Gospel 2010 
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								Aeneadum genetrix, hominum divomque voluptas, alma Venus, caeli subter labentia signa quae mare navigerum, quae terras frugiferentis concelebras, per te quoniam genus omne animantum concipitur visitque exortum lumina solis: 
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								Et egressus est Ionas de civitate et sedit contra orientem civitatis et fecit sibimet umbraculum ibi et sedebat subter illud in umbra, donec videret quid accideret in civitate. Archive 2008-09-07 papabear 2008 
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								Et egressus est Ionas de civitate et sedit contra orientem civitatis et fecit sibimet umbraculum ibi et sedebat subter illud in umbra, donec videret quid accideret in civitate. Jonah 4 papabear 2008 
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								Decurrit autem per quendam locum dictum Maron, ac secus stagnum quod diciter Mare Tyberiadis, ac subter montes 
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								Omnes autem mulieres nuptæ portant supra caput suum vnum pedem hominis, longitudinis vnius brachij cum dimidio; et subter illum pedem sunt pennæ gruis, et totus ille pes ornatur maximis margaritis. 
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								They had enough space and enough intrigue in their subter - ranean lairs to last them many centuries. Flint, the King Kirchoff, Mary 2003 
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								Decurrit autem per quendam locum dictum Maron, ac secus stagnum quod diciter Mare Tyberiadis, ac subter montes The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003 
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								One after another I sucked them up while I studied the subter-rain chart Bob had made, brushing aside the odd bug or slimy that ambled over the print's surface. Perseus Spur May, Julian, 1931- 1998 
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								I climbed to my feet, stretched, and pulled out the subter-rain chart. Perseus Spur May, Julian, 1931- 1998 
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