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Subordinate action; a minor action incidental or subsidiary to the main story; an episode.

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  1. n. Subordinate action; a minor action incidental or subsidiary to the main story; an episode.
  2. Subordinate action; a minor action incidental or subsidiary to the main story; an episode. The least episodes or underactions . . . are parts necessary or convenient to carry on the main design. Dryden.
  3. Subordinate action; a minor action incidental or subsidiary tothe main story; an episode.The least episodes or underactions . . . are parts necessary orconvenient to carry on the main design. Dryden.
  4. n. Subordinate action; a minor action incidental or subsidiary to the main story; an episode.