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subˈduement rare. [f. subdue v. + -ment.] The action of subduing; subdual. ‘A word not used, nor worthy to be used’ (J.).
1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. iv. v. 187, I haue seen thee..scorning forfeits and subduments. a1619Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 81 Hee sent a solemne Ambassage to Pope Adrian, to craue leaue for the subdument of that Country. 1807G. Chalmers Caledonia I. ii. vii. 325 Anglo-Saxon..on the subduement of the Romanized Ottadini, succeeded to the British tongue. 1860Forster Gr. Remonstr. 89 That subduement of the Roman Catholic power on the continent. |