subjugate

UK /ˈsʌbd͡ʒʊɡeɪt/US /ˈsʌbd͡ʒəˌɡeɪt/

verb4

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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! — 1718
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To tame (an animal); to domesticate.
- [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. — 1831
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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, […] — 1589
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(figurative, no longer used) 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, […] — 1611

subjugate

UK /ˈsʌbd͡ʒʊɡət/US /ˈsʌbd͡ʒəɡət/

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Forced into submission; subjugated.
- For al their hye mynde they be now subiugate: […] — 1530

forms

subjugated · subjugating · subjugates · subjugateth · subjugatest