subdue : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: subdue	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for subdue
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
subdue v 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(s): repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires" Synonym(s): suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh" Synonym(s): mortify, subdue, crucify get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness" Synonym(s): overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler" Synonym(s): subordinate, subdue correct by punishment or discipline Synonym(s): tame, chasten, subdue
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Subdue \Subdue"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subdued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subduing}.] [OE. soduen, OF. sosduire to seduce, L. subtus below (fr. sub under) + ducere to lead. See {Duke}, and cf. {Subduct}.] 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. Syn: To conquer; overpower; overcome; surmount; vanquish. See {Conquer}.