subjugate
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From Latin subiugatus, past participle of subiugare (“to bring under the yoke, subjugate”), from sub (“under”) + iugum (“yoke”). See yoke.
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subjugate (third-person singular simple present subjugates, present participle subjugating, simple past and past participle subjugated)
- (transitive) To forcibly impose obedience or servitude upon.
- 1782, William Cowper, “Hope”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 151:
- From infancy through childhood's giddy maze, / Frovvard at ſchool, and fretful in his plays, / The puny tyrant burns to ſubjugate / The free republic of the vvhip-gig ſtate.
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to forcibly impose obedience or servitude
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subjugate (not comparable)
- In a subjugated position.
- 2010, James M. Volo, A History of War Resistance in America, page 17:
- Each nationalist struggle assumed the complexion of a Communist versus non-Communist conflict rather than one between a colonial imperium and a subjugate indigenous population intent on their independence.
Further reading edit
- “subjugate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “subjugate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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subjugāte