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  Subdue \Sub*due"\, 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.
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              I will subdue all thine enemies.      --1 Chron.
                                                    xvii. 10.
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     2. To overpower so as to disable from further resistance; to
        crush.
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              Nothing could have subdued nature
              To such a lowness, but his unkind daughters. --Shak.
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              If aught . . . were worthy to subdue
              The soul of man.                      --Milton.
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     3. To destroy the force of; to overcome; as, medicines subdue
        a fever.
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     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.
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     5. To overcome, as by persuasion or other mild means; as, to
        subdue opposition by argument or entreaties.
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     6. To reduce to tenderness; to melt; to soften; as, to subdue
        ferocity by tears.
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     7. To make mellow; to break, as land; also, to destroy, as
        weeds.
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     8. To reduce the intensity or degree of; to tone down; to
        soften; as, to subdue the brilliancy of colors.
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     Syn: To conquer; overpower; overcome; surmount; vanquish. See
          Conquer.
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  Subdue \Sub*due"\, 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.

  subduing
     n.
     The act of something being subdued.
     vb.
     (present participle of en subdue nocat=1)

  subduing
     n.
     The act of something being subdued.
     vb.
     (present participle of en subdue nocat=1)

  subduing
     n.
     The act of something being subdued.
     vb.
     (present participle of en subdue nocat=1)

  subduing
     n.
     The act of something being subdued.
     vb.
     (present participle of en subdue nocat=1)

  subduing
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm s ubdu ing e)

  subduing
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en subdue ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb subdue)

  Subduing /sʌbdjˈuːɪŋ/
  الإخضاع

  subduing /sʌbdjˈuːɪŋ/
  bändigend, zähmend, in Zaum haltend
     Synonym: taming
  
   see: subdue, tame, subdued, tamed, subdues, tames, subdued, tamed, subdued mood
  

  subduing /sʌbdjˈuːɪŋ/
  bezwingend, unterwerfend, unter seine Herrschaft bringend, sich untertan machend
   see: subdue sb., subdued, subdue other nations
  

  subduing /sʌbdjˈuːɪŋ/
  überwältigend, niederringend, niederzwingend, niederkämpfend, übermannend
     Synonym: overpowering
  
   see: overpower sb., subdue sb., overpowered, subdued, overpowers, subdues, overpowered, subdued
  

  
/səbˈduɪŋ/

  98 Moby Thesaurus words for "subduing":
     Cadmean victory, KO, Pyrrhic victory, Waterloo, abating, allaying,
     alleviating, alleviative, analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne,
     ascendancy, assuaging, assuasive, balmy, balsamic, beating,
     benumbing, blunting, cathartic, championship, chastening,
     cleansing, collapse, conquering, conquest, crash, cushioning,
     dampening, damping, deadening, deathblow, debacle, defeat,
     demulcent, destruction, diminishing, downfall, drubbing, dulling,
     easing, easy victory, emollient, failure, fall, grand slam, hiding,
     knockout, lambasting, landslide, landslide victory, lathering,
     lenitive, lessening, licking, loosening, mastery, mitigating,
     mitigative, mollifying, moral victory, numbing, overcoming,
     overthrow, overturn, pain-killing, palliative, picnic, purgative,
     pushover, quietus, reducing, relaxing, relieving, remedial, ruin,
     runaway victory, smash, softening, soothing, subdual, subjugation,
     success, tempering, thrashing, total victory, trimming, triumph,
     trouncing, undoing, vanquishment, victory, walkaway, walkover,
     whipping, win, winning, winning streak