Subjunctive mood
Definition of Subjunctive mood
| (Gram.) | that form of a verb which express the action or state not as a fact, but only as a conception of the mind still contingent and dependent. It is commonly subjoined, or added as subordinate, to some other verb, and in English is often connected with it by if, that, though, lest, unless, except, until, etc., as in the following sentence: "If there were no honey, they [bees] would have no object in visiting the flower." Lubbock. In some languages, as in Latin and Greek, the subjunctive is often independent of any other verb, being used in wishes, commands, exhortations, etc. - Lubbock. |
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modality, mode, mood, subjunctive
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Subjected
Subjection
Subjectist
Subjective
Subjective color
Subjective sensation
Subjectivism
Subjectivist
Subjectivity
Subjectless
Subjectness
Subjicible
Subjoin
Subjoinder
Subjugate
Subjugation
Subjugator
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Subjunctive
-Subjunctive mood-
Subkingdom
Sublapsarian
Sublapsarianism
Sublapsary
Sublate
Sublation
Sublative
Sublease
Sublessee
Sublet
Sublevation
Sublibrarian
Sublieutenant
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Sublimable
Sublimate
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Sublimation
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