Definition of Subdue

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Subdue

To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish.

To overpower so as to disable from further resistance; to crush.

To destroy the force of; to overcome; as, medicines subdue a fever.

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.

To overcome, as by persuasion or other mild means; as, to subdue opposition by argument or entreaties.

To reduce to tenderness; to melt; to soften; as, to subdue ferocity by tears.

To make mellow; to break, as land; also, to destroy, as weeds.

To reduce the intensity or degree of; to tone down; to soften; as, to subdue the brilliancy of colors.

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Subdue Quotations

It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.
Mohandas Gandhi

For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
Sun Tzu

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
Sun Tzu

As long as I retain my feeling and my passion for Nature, I can partly soften or subdue my other passions and resist or endure those of others.
Lord Byron

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.
Charles Dickens

The loneliness you get by the sea is personal and alive. It doesn't subdue you and make you feel abject. It's stimulating loneliness.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.
William Penn

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.
Horace

One cannot subdue a man by holding back his hands. Lasting peace comes not from force.
David Borenstein

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature .
Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Subdue Translations

subdue in Dutch is knechten, onderwerpen
subdue in French is subjuguent, subjuguez, subjuguer, subjuguons
subdue in Latin is domito, subiungo, expugno
subdue in Spanish is dominar

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