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Subdue

//səbˈdu// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To overcome, quieten, or bring under control. transitive

    "And when their ſcattered armie is ſubdu’d: And you march on their ſlaughtered carkaſſes, Share equally the gold that bought their liues, And liue like Gentlmen in Perſea, […]"

  2. 2
    correct by punishment or discipline wordnet
  3. 3
    To bring (a country) under control by force. transitive

    "In the run-up to his return to the White House next Monday, Mr. Trump has rattled the world, and America’s neighborhood in particular, with a list of objectives – buying Greenland, seizing the Panama Canal, making Canada the 51st state – that treat friendly nations as weak interlocutors and impediments to be subdued."

  4. 4
    bring under control by force or authority wordnet
  5. 5
    make subordinate, dependent, or subservient wordnet
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  1. 6
    get on top of; deal with successfully wordnet
  2. 7
    hold within limits and control wordnet
  3. 8
    put down by force or intimidation wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English subdewen, subduen, sodewen, from Old French souduire, from Latin subdūcō (“to draw away”), perhaps influenced by subdō (“to subdue, subject”).

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