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subdue
Found in thesaurus: oppress, crush, suppress, hold, curb, check, control, moderate, contain, hold in, get the better of, defeat, overcome, lour, lower, change, modify, alter
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subdue
v.
conquer, overcome, defeat; gain control over, bring into submission, master; reduce the intensity of; cultivate land
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subdue
Verb
1. put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
(synonym) repress, quash, keep down, subjugate, reduce
(hypernym) oppress, suppress, crush
(derivation) subduer, surmounter, overcomer
2. to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
(synonym) suppress, stamp down, inhibit, conquer, curb
(hypernym) control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
(hyponym) wink, blink, blink away
(derivation) subduer, surmounter, overcomer
3. hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh"
(synonym) mortify, cricify
(hypernym) control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
(hyponym) mortify
(entail) abstain, refrain, desist
4. get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"
(synonym) overcome, get over, surmount, master
(hypernym) get the better of, overcome, defeat
(hyponym) bulldog
5. make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler"
(synonym) subordinate
(hypernym) lower, lour
6. correct by punishment or discipline
(synonym) tame, chasten
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
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subdue
v.
podrobit si
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subdue
Czas.
ujarzmiać; poskramiać
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Subdue
(v. t.)
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.
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.
(v. t.)
To reduce to tenderness; to melt; to soften; as, to subdue ferocity by tears.
To reduce to tenderness; to melt; to soften; as, to subdue ferocity by tears.
(v. t.)
To reduce the intensity or degree of; to tone down; to soften; as, to subdue the brilliancy of colors.
To reduce the intensity or degree of; to tone down; to soften; as, to subdue the brilliancy of colors.
(v. t.)
To overpower so as to disable from further resistance; to crush.
To overpower so as to disable from further resistance; to crush.
(v. t.)
To overcome, as by persuasion or other mild means; as, to subdue opposition by argument or entreaties.
To overcome, as by persuasion or other mild means; as, to subdue opposition by argument or entreaties.
(v. t.)
To make mellow; to break, as land; also, to destroy, as weeds.
To make mellow; to break, as land; also, to destroy, as weeds.
(v. t.)
To destroy the force of; to overcome; as, medicines subdue a fever.
To destroy the force of; to overcome; as, medicines subdue a fever.
(v. t.)
To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish.
To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
