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Webster's Online English Dictionary

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subdue


subdue is a   Verb

Definition:

[1] To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish. I will subdue all thine enemies. 1 Chron. xvii. 10.

[2] To overpower so as to disable from further resistance; to crush. Nothing could have subdued nature To such a lowness, but his unkind daughters. Shak. If aught . . . were worthy to subdue The soul of man. Milton.

[3] To destroy the force of; to overcome; as, medicines subdue a fever.

[4] 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.

[5] To overcome, as by persuasion or other mild means; as, to subdue opposition by argument or entreaties.

[6] To reduce to tenderness; to melt; to soften; as, to subdue ferocity by tears.

[7] To make mellow; to break, as land; also, to destroy, as weeds.

[8] To reduce the intensity or degree of; to tone down; to soften; as, to subdue the brilliancy of colors.


Synonyms:

conquer
overcome
overpower
surmount
vanquis

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