[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

subside \subside"\, v. i. imp.  p. p. subsided; p. pr. 
   vb. n. subsiding. l. subsidere; sub under, below + sidere
   to sit down, to settle; akin to sedere to sit, e. sit. see
   sit.
   1. to sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.
      1913 webster

   2. to tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
      "heaven's subsiding hill." --dryden.
      1913 webster

   3. to fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be
      calmed; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate; as,
      the sea subsides; the tumults of war will subside; the
      fever has subsided. "in cases of danger, pride and envy
      naturally subside." --c. middleton.
      1913 webster

   syn: see abate.
        1913 webster subsidence
see also:
subsided subsiding sit abate 

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