SUBSI'DE, verb intransitive [Latin subsido; sub and sido, to settle. See Set.] 1. To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle; as lees. 2. To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to become tranquil. Let the passions subside The tumults of war will subside Christ commanded, and the storm subsided. 3. To tend downwards; to sink; as a subsiding hill. The land subsides into a plain. 4. To abate; to be reduced. In cases of danger, pride and envy naturally subside
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