v. Obs. [f. late L. subsannāt-, pa. ppl. stem of subsannāre, f. sub- SUB- 21 + sanna mocking grimace.] trans. To deride, mock. Hence † Subsannation, mockery, derision; † Subsannator, a mocker; † Subsanne v., = SUBSANNATE.

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1656.  Blount, Glossogr., *Subsannate, to scorn or mock with bending the Brows, or snuffing up the nose.

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1620.  J. King, Serm., 24 March, 8. In scoffe and *subsannation of some Idoll-god.

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1664.  H. More, Myst. Iniq., 231. Idolatry is as absolute a subsannation and vilification of God as malice could invent.

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1517.  H. Watson, Ship of Fools, xli. K iiij. Of *subsannatoures, calomnyatours and detractoures.

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a. 1619.  Fotherby, Atheom., Pref. (1622), B j b. Who (like Sannioes) *subsanne all things, but onely their owne follies.

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