Subordinate \Sub*or"di*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subordinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Subordinating.]

1. 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.

2. To make subject; to subject or subdue; as, to subordinate the passions to reason. -- Sub*or"di*nate*ly, adv. -- Sub*or"di*nate*ness, n.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)