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sub•tend



Pronunciation: (sub-tend', sub-), [key]
—v.t.
1. Geom.to extend under or be opposite to: a chord subtending an arc.
2. Bot.(of a leaf, bract, etc.) to occur beneath or close to.
3. to form or mark the outline or boundary of.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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