Subjugate
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English
Verb
Subjugate (third-person singular simple present subjugates, present participle subjugating, simple past and past participle subjugated)
Related terms
Thesaurus
adopt, appropriate, arrogate, assume, bear down, beat down, bend, break, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, clamp down on, compel, conquer, cow, crush, daunt, defeat, deprive of freedom, despotize, disenfranchise, disfranchise, dominate, domineer, domineer over, enslave, enthrall, fell, flatten, force, grind, grind down, henpeck, hog, hold captive, hold down, hold in bondage, hold in captivity, hold in leash, hold in subjection, humble, humiliate, indent, intimidate, jump a claim, keep down, keep under, lead captive, lord it over, make dependent, make free with, make use of, master, monopolize, occupy, oppress, overawe, overbear, overcome, overmaster, overpower, override, overrun, peonize, preempt, preoccupy, prepossess, press heavy on, prostrate, put down, quell, reduce, repress, requisition, ride down, ride over, ride roughshod over, sit on, smash, squat on, subdue, subject, subordinate, suppress, take all of, take captive, take it all, take over, take possession of, take up, terrorize, trample down, trample underfoot, trample upon, tread down, tread underfoot, tread upon, tyrannize, tyrannize over, unman, usurp, vanquish, vassalize, walk all over, walk over, weigh heavy on
Etymology
< Latin subjugatus, past participle of subjugare (“to bring under the yoke, subugate”) < sub (“under”) + jugum (“yoke”); see yoke.
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External links
- Subjugate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Subjugate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Latin
Verb
subjugāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of subjugō
