1. (

• subject ,

) cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to; "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation" ;

2. (

• subject

) make accountable for; "He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors" ;

3. (

• subjugate ,
• subject

) make subservient; force to submit or subdue ;

1. (

• capable ,
• open ,
• subject

) possibly accepting or permitting; "a passage capable of misinterpretation"; "open to interpretation"; "an issue open to question"; "the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation" ;

2. (

• subject ,
• dependent

) being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince" ;

3. (

• subject

) likely to be affected by something; "the bond is subject to taxation"; "he is subject to fits of depression" ;