I have been looking everywhere and cannot find it. I know it exists because I remembered it for two seconds and had nothing to write it down with. Now I'm stuck.
It's a single word, I think. The definition is something along the lines of "something is subject to one's own authority/will," when talking about a specific object. In the case of my story, the "something" is magic. Can anybody find anything?
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Oct 11, 2008 - 21 43
Subservient, maybe?
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Oct 12, 2008 - 09 34
Discretional? Obeisant? Judicious?
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Oct 12, 2008 - 10 02
It would help to have more of your context.
Do you mean within one's jurisdiction? command? mastery? purview?
Or, you can use a thesaurus for the words we've all offered here. Let us know when you find it.
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Oct 12, 2008 - 10 55
Thrall?
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Oct 12, 2008 - 12 04
Subjugate, enslave, prevail.
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Oct 12, 2008 - 13 48
Maybe subjugate...
I need it for a law. Like Newton's laws of motion? This world's first law of magic is that magic is subject to the caster's will/cannot be worked beyond the authority of the caster/castee. It's strange.
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Oct 12, 2008 - 14 37
I think Junkfoodmonkey is probably on the right lines with Thrall, though I would suggest 'enthralled'
The Free online dictionary gives this definition
en·thrall (n-thrôl)
tr.v. en·thralled, en·thrall·ing, en·thralls
1. To hold spellbound; captivate: The magic show enthralled the audience.
2. To enslave.
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[Middle English, to put in bondage : en-, causative pref.; see en-1 + thrall, slave; see thrall.]
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Oct 12, 2008 - 21 24
I need it for a law. Like Newton's laws of motion? This world's first law of magic is that magic is subject to the caster's will/cannot be worked beyond the authority of the caster/castee. It's strange.
I would use "bound" in that context.
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Oct 12, 2008 - 22 12
Consider "subordinate to" or "delimited by"?
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Oct 14, 2008 - 03 41
I'm going to use bound and delimited by.
Thanks everybody!