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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Subduing (0.02692 detik)
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English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: subdue
menundukkan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: subdue
subdue
v 1: put down by force or intimidation;
“The government quashes
any attempt of an uprising”;
“China keeps down her
dissidents very efficiently”;
“The rich landowners
subjugated the peasants working the land” [syn:
repress,
quash,
keep down,
subjugate,
reduce]
2: to put down by force or authority;
“suppress a nascent
uprising”;
“stamp down on littering”;
“conquer one's
desires” [syn:
suppress,
stamp down,
inhibit,
conquer,
curb]
3: hold within limits and control;
“subdue one's appetites”;
“mortify the flesh” [syn:
mortify,
cricify]
4: get on top of; deal with successfully;
“He overcame his
shyness” [syn:
overcome,
get over,
surmount,
master]
5: make subordinate, dependent, or subservient;
“Our wishes
have to be subordinated to that of our ruler” [syn:
subordinate]
6: correct by punishment or discipline [syn:
tame,
chasten]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Subduing
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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