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单词 subduing
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subduingn.

Brit. /səbˈdjuːɪŋ/, /səbˈdʒuːɪŋ/, U.S. /səbˈd(j)uɪŋ/
Forms: see subdue v. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: subdue v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < subdue v. + -ing suffix1.
The action or process of subdue v.; the fact of being subdued; subjugation. Also: an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > [noun]
subduingc1450
subjugationa1456
subdue1483
subjecting1585
overwielding1597
subordinatinga1600
yoking1602
vassalizing1607
subduement1609
captivating1623
subdual1641
envassaling1642
envassalage1652
subjuging1660
subduction1670
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > [noun]
earth-tilthOE
earth-tillingOE
tilling?c1225
delving1377
laboura1393
land-tillingc1420
culturec1450
tilthing1495
labouring1523
manurea1547
manuring1550
digging1552
cultivation1553
tilth1565
manurance1572
agriculture1583
nithering1599
culturation1606
gainor1607
delvage1610
agricolation1623
gainage1625
cultivage1632
manurementa1639
groundwork1655
fieldwork1656
proscission1656
field labour1661
manuragea1670
subduing1776
management1799
subjugation1800
geopony1808
clodhopping1847
agriculturism1885
c1450 tr. G. Boccaccio De Claris Mulieribus (1924) l. 1739 (MED) The Rodyans..Come to conquere, in hope..Without resistence to haue the victory; The prudent quene [of the Carians], this vndirstondynge, Commaundid hir people redy to be And symell, as thei made subduynge [L. eisque spem dedicionis facerent], Receyuynge the Rodyans in-to their cyte.
?1482 J. Kay tr. G. Caoursin Siege of Rhodes The subduyng & oppressyng of the..cytee of Constantynople.
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 371 The subduyng of ye flesh and taming of bodily lustes.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Macc. xiv. 34 What so euer was mete for the subduynge of the aduersaries.
1655 A. Hume in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1897) III. 213 A combination made between France and Cromwell for the subduing of all the Spanish provinces of the Low Countries.
1690 J. Child Disc. Trade Pref. sig. A8v The subduing of Interest will bring in multitudes of Traders.
1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. III. lxi. 326 The easy subduing of this insurrection..was a singular felicity to the protector.
1776 Ld. Kames Gentleman Farmer i. i. 16 None of them [sc. harrows] are sufficient to prepare for the seed any ground that requires subduing.
1842 tr. J. G. Kohl Russia xi. 91 To the rock-climbing he has superadded the subduing of a serpent.
1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 335/1 For the more speedy subduing of a rough uncultured surface.
1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Dec. 1078/3 What is now called ‘biological control’, the subduing of a living pest by the introduction of a living enemy of the pest.
2011 Sunday Times (Nexis) 30 Jan. (Sport section) 10 Murray's sweatily protracted subduing of his semi-final opponent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

subduingadj.

Brit. /səbˈdjuːɪŋ/, /səbˈdʒuːɪŋ/, U.S. /səbˈd(j)uɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: subdue v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < subdue v. + -ing suffix2. Compare earlier subduing n.
That subdues (in various senses of the verb); tending to subdue.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > [adjective]
mastering1590
subduing1608
subjectionala1617
subordinatinga1635
subordinative1642
captivating1675
taming1697
subjecting1760
mancipating1819
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [adjective] > overcoming or overwhelming > that subdues: tending to subdue
subduing1608
1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 66v To polish and fashion out his then rough-hewen fortune, with the edge of his subduing sword.
1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 250 Cyrus..[with] Harpagus..were ministerial together in the subduing Astyages.
1700 Hist. & Polit. Monthly Mercury June 199 Signor Pignatelli will not gain so easie a Conquest in the Conversion of this Princess, as is expected at the Court of Rome from his subduing Eloquence.
1774 W. Richardson Poems 57 The power of her subduing smile.
1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris ix. 147 A stimulating melange of what is most heating, intoxicating, and subduing.
1842 H. E. Manning Serm. xvi. 228 Not because they are under any subduing dominion of indwelling sin.
1892 A. Conan Doyle Adventures Sherlock Holmes ii. 51 There was something depressing and subduing in the sudden gloom.
1942 Pop. Mech. Jan. 176/2 A subduing influence..extends from blue through violet and into purple.
2000 P. Kerr Mañana Mañana (2003) vi. 113 I raised a subduing hand. ‘Just have patience, OK?’

Derivatives

subˈduingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > [adverb]
subduingly1797
1797 Henry Somerville I. ix. 108 Her elegant form, folded in muslin, and relieved, all subduingly relieved, by the verdure on which she trod.
1833 New Monthly Mag. 37 301 What goes more subduingly to the heart than the author's poem to his sick child?
1916 J. Gliebe Cardinal Newman's Dream of Gerontius 92 How subduingly tender and affectionate the words of parting!
2003 R. Katz & R. HaCohen Tuning Mind iii. 95 A piercing chromatic shift,..which then subduingly leads back to the more relaxed subdominant area of F minor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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