SUBOR'DINATE, a. [L. sub and ordinatus, from ordo, order.] 1. Inferior in order,in nature, in dignity, in power, importance, &c.; as subordinate officers. It was subordinate, not enslaved, to the understanding.2. Descending in a regular series. The several kinds and subordinate species of each, are easily distinguished.SUBOR'DINATE, v.t. To place in order or rank below something else; to make or consider as of less value or importance; as, to subordinate one creature to another; to subordinate temporal to spiritual things. 1. To make subject; as, to subordinate the passions to reason.
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