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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
subtend
    v 1: be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry [syn:
         subtend, delimit]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Subtend \Sub*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subtended; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Subtending.] [L. subtendere; sub under + tendere to
   stretch, extend. See Tend.]
   To extend under, or be opposed to; as, the line of a triangle
   which subtends the right angle; the chord subtends an arc.
   [1913 Webster]

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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
bump heads, confront, contend, contrapose, contraposit, contrast, counteract, face, front, lie opposite, match, meet head-on, oppose, polarize, pose against, put in opposition, set over against, stand opposed, stand opposite
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