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subjugating


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Subjugate  \Sub"ju*gate\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Subjugated};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Subjugating}.]  [L.  subjugatus  p.  p.  of 
  subjugare  to  subjugate;  sub  under  +  jugum  a  yoke.  See 
  {Yoke}.] 
  To  subdue,  and  bring  under  the  yoke  of  power  or  dominion;  to 
  conquer  by  force,  and  compel  to  submit  to  the  government  or 
  absolute  control  of  another;  to  vanquish. 
 
  He  subjugated  a  king,  and  called  him  his  ``vassal.'' 
  --Baker. 
 
  Syn:  To  conquer;  subdue;  overcome.  See  {Conquer}. 




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