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plural subactions
(obsolete) The act of reducing to any state, as of mixing two bodies completely. quotations
there are of concoction two periods ; the one assimilation , or absolute conversion and subaction ; the other maturation
1631, Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […]
An action that makes up part of a more complex action. quotations examples
This is so because efforts, exertions, and endeavorings, if they were to exist, would need to be actions themselves, or parts of actions, or subactions or behaviors of some sort […]
2012, Timothy O'Connor, Constantine Sandis, A Companion to the Philosophy of Action