(a.) Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a
lower or inferior position.
(a.) Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance,
or the like.
(n.) One who stands in order or rank below another; --
distinguished from a principal.
(v. t.) To place in a lower order or class; to make or
consider as of less value or importance; as, to subordinate one
creature to another.
(v. t.) To make subject; to subject or subdue; as, to
subordinate the passions to reason.
