SUBDUE
\sʌbdjˈuː], \sʌbdjˈuː], \s_ʌ_b_d_j_ˈuː]\
Definitions of SUBDUE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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correct by punishment or discipline
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to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
By Princeton University
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correct by punishment or discipline
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to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish.
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To overpower so as to disable from further resistance; to crush.
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To destroy the force of; to overcome; as, medicines subdue a fever.
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To render submissive; to bring under command; to reduce to mildness or obedience; to tame; as, to subdue a stubborn child; to subdue the temper or passions.
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To overcome, as by persuasion or other mild means; as, to subdue opposition by argument or entreaties.
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To reduce to tenderness; to melt; to soften; as, to subdue ferocity by tears.
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To make mellow; to break, as land; also, to destroy, as weeds.
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To reduce the intensity or degree of; to tone down; to soften; as, to subdue the brilliancy of colors.
By Oddity Software
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To overcome or conquer; reduce; lower; as, to subdue a fever; make gentle; tame; as, to subdue the passions; tone down; soften.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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