0 present participle of subject
1 to defeat people or a country and then control them against their wishes and limit their freedom:
Subjecting "force" and "attraction" to rigorous mathematical treatment does not entail that "force" and "attraction" are transformed into pure mathematical concepts without any physical meaning.
The possible contribution of a composting inoculum on decomposition and nutrient content was evaluated by subjecting the mixtures to inoculation.
This is the condescension we know and hate, an act that appeals to the other for approval even while subjecting the other to disdain.
This is not ideal for long-term experiments because the chamber must be replenished with air periodically, subjecting the seeds to abrupt changes in oxygen concentration.
This is sufficient, without subjecting a witness to an unlimited power of a legislative committee or a single branch of a legislative body.
Nationalists and totalitarianists alike used positive liberty when they claimed to liberate people by subjecting them to larger groups or principles.
Suppose she were to propose as a form of independent justification subjecting her beliefs to a test of coherence or cogency.
One virtue of subjecting any common axiom to empirical tests is that it can help reveal hidden ambiguities in its logic.
