subjugate
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Definition of subjugate
6 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable)Forced into submission; subjugated.
“For al their hye mynde they be now ſubiugate: […]”
“After the Romans, the Saxons brought it [Lancashire] vnder their protection, and held it for a part of their Northumbrian Kingdome, till it vvas firſt made ſubiugate to the Inuaſion of the Danes, and then conquered by the victorious Normans, vvhoſe poſterities from thence are branched further into England.”
“[…] Could it be, that the whole earthly course of one so gentle, good, and self-denying, was subjugate to such a wretch as that!”
“Her heart was so black and tangled in the teaching, her personal self was shut in prison, abolished, she was subjugate to a bad, destructive will.”
“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.”
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adj
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(not-comparable)Forced into submission; subjugated.
“For al their hye mynde they be now ſubiugate: […]”
“After the Romans, the Saxons brought it [Lancashire] vnder their protection, and held it for a part of their Northumbrian Kingdome, till it vvas firſt made ſubiugate to the Inuaſion of the Danes, and then conquered by the victorious Normans, vvhoſe poſterities from thence are branched further into England.”
“[…] Could it be, that the whole earthly course of one so gentle, good, and self-denying, was subjugate to such a wretch as that!”
“Her heart was so black and tangled in the teaching, her personal self was shut in prison, abolished, she was subjugate to a bad, destructive will.”
“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.”
noun
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(rare)A person forced into submission; a subject.
“[T]he home-loving Phillipino succumbed—the independent agent, under the influence of the "final cry," became the subjugate.”
verb
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(transitive)To forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.).
“O fav'rite Virgin, that haſt vvarm'd the Breaſt, / VVhoſe ſov'reign Dictates ſubjugate the Eaſt!”
“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.”
“At this the Emir marvelled beyond measure and said, "Glory be to God who subjugateth His creatures to the dominion of Death!"”
“So the battle went on till her heart was sick. She had several more boys to subjugate before she could establish herself.”
“[I]nstead of homogeneity, we see powerful asymmetries – men subjugating women, whites subjugating blacks, Christians subjugating Jews, Jews subjugating Arabs, and so on.”
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(transitive)To make (someone or something) subordinate to another person or thing; to subordinate.
“[H]e wil needes haue ſubiects, before he can ſubiugate his affections, and couets the office of a commander, before he hath learned to ſtoupe to the admonitions of his elders, […]”
“[H]is ſoul hath ſubjugated Martius ſoul: […]”
“[…] Sulphur, is not as much ſubjugated by the Form of the intire Body, as that of the purgative portion of Rhubarb, by the Form of that Drugg.”
“[H]is love and his hatred were of that passionate fervour which subjugates all the rest of the being, and makes a man sacrifice himself to his passion as if it were a deity to be worshipped with self-destruction.”
“Mr [John Stuart] Stuart-Glennie regards the slave-morality as an invention of the superior white race to subjugate the minds of the inferior races whom they wished to exploit, and who would have destroyed them by force of numbers if their minds had not been subjugated.”
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(transitive)To tame (an animal); to domesticate.
“Though of all other viſible Creatures Man ſeems the leaſt provided vvith natural offenſive Organs, yet by the advantage of his intellectual Faculty and that admirable Organum organorum his Hand, he is infinitely advantaged vvith artificial helps to defend himſelf, and ſubjugate the moſt contumacious and furious Brute: […]”
“[T]hou subjugatest or destroyest the beasts that would annoy thee, and convertest to thy use all their spoils, as well as all vegetable productions.”
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(figuratively, obsolete, rare, transitive)To put (one's neck or shoulders) under a metaphorical yoke.
“Let ſuch Princes I ſay adhere to the Pope, & ſubiugate their neckes to his trampling, […]”
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Etymology
The adjective is derived from Late Middle English subiugat(e), subjugat(e) (“made submissive; obedient”), the past participle of subiugaten, subjugaten (“to conquer; to subdue”), from Latin subiugātus, subjugātus (“subjugated”), the perfect…
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The adjective is derived from Late Middle English subiugat(e), subjugat(e) (“made submissive; obedient”), the past participle of subiugaten, subjugaten (“to conquer; to subdue”), from Latin subiugātus, subjugātus (“subjugated”), the perfect passive participle of subiugō, subjugō (“to make subject, subjugate”), from sub- (prefix meaning ‘under’) + iugō, jugō (“to join; to yoke”) (from iugum (“collar for a horse; yoke for cattle”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to tie together, join, yoke”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs)). Doublet of yoke. The noun is derived from the adjective.
Words you can make from subjugate
177 playable · top: JUGATE (14 pts)
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31 words- JUBAS 14 pts
- JUBES 14 pts
- JUTES 12 pts
- TAJES 12 pts
- BEGAT 8 pts
- ABETS 7 pts
- ABUSE 7 pts
- ABUTS 7 pts
- BASTE 7 pts
- BATES 7 pts
- BEAST 7 pts
- BEATS 7 pts
- BEAUS 7 pts
- BEAUT 7 pts
- BETAS 7 pts
- BUTES 7 pts
- TABES 7 pts
- TABUS 7 pts
- TSUBA 7 pts
- TUBAE 7 pts
- TUBAS 7 pts
- TUBES 7 pts
- AGUES 6 pts
- GATES 6 pts
- GETAS 6 pts
- GUEST 6 pts
- STAGE 6 pts
- TEGUA 6 pts
- TEGUS 6 pts
- USAGE 6 pts
- SAUTE 5 pts
4-letter words
69 words- JABS 13 pts
- JUBA 13 pts
- JUBE 13 pts
- JAGS 12 pts
- JUGA 12 pts
- JUGS 12 pts
- JEST 11 pts
- JETS 11 pts
- JUST 11 pts
- JUTE 11 pts
- JUTS 11 pts
- BAGS 7 pts
- BEGS 7 pts
- BUGS 7 pts
- GABS 7 pts
- ABET 6 pts
- ABUT 6 pts
- BAES 6 pts
- BASE 6 pts
- BAST 6 pts
- BATE 6 pts
- BATS 6 pts
- BEAT 6 pts
- BEAU 6 pts
- BEST 6 pts
- BETA 6 pts
- BETS 6 pts
- BUST 6 pts
- BUTE 6 pts
- BUTS 6 pts
- SABE 6 pts
- STAB 6 pts
- STUB 6 pts
- SUBA 6 pts
- TABS 6 pts
- TABU 6 pts
- TUBA 6 pts
- TUBE 6 pts
- TUBS 6 pts
- AGES 5 pts
- AGUE 5 pts
- GAES 5 pts
- GAST 5 pts
- GATE 5 pts
- GATS 5 pts
- GEST 5 pts
- GETA 5 pts
- GETS 5 pts
- GUST 5 pts
- GUTS 5 pts
- SAGE 5 pts
- STAG 5 pts
- TAGS 5 pts
- TEGS 5 pts
- TEGU 5 pts
- TUGS 5 pts
- ATES 4 pts
- EAST 4 pts
- EATS 4 pts
- ETAS 4 pts
- SATE 4 pts
- SEAT 4 pts
- SETA 4 pts
- SUET 4 pts
- TASE 4 pts
- TAUS 4 pts
- TEAS 4 pts
- UTAS 4 pts
- UTES 4 pts
3-letter words
57 words- JAB 12 pts
- JAG 11 pts
- JUG 11 pts
- JET 10 pts
- JEU 10 pts
- JUS 10 pts
- JUT 10 pts
- TAJ 10 pts
- BAG 6 pts
- BEG 6 pts
- BUG 6 pts
- GAB 6 pts
- ABS 5 pts
- BAE 5 pts
- BAS 5 pts
- BAT 5 pts
- BES 5 pts
- BET 5 pts
- BUS 5 pts
- BUT 5 pts
- SAB 5 pts
- SUB 5 pts
- TAB 5 pts
- TUB 5 pts
- AGE 4 pts
- AGS 4 pts
- GAE 4 pts
- GAS 4 pts
- GAT 4 pts
- GET 4 pts
- GUT 4 pts
- SAG 4 pts
- SEG 4 pts
- TAG 4 pts
- TEG 4 pts
- TUG 4 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- ATS 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- EAU 3 pts
- EST 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- SAE 3 pts
- SAT 3 pts
- SAU 3 pts
- SEA 3 pts
- SET 3 pts
- SUE 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAS 3 pts
- TAU 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TES 3 pts
- USE 3 pts
- UTA 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
- UTS 3 pts
2-letter words
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