transitive. To reduce to subjection, compel to obey; to tame, break (an animal).

To tame, subdue.

To overcome the wildness or fierceness of (a man, animal, or thing); to subdue, subjugate, curb; to render gentle, tractable, or docile.

transitive. To subdue, reduce to obedience; esp. to tame or train (an animal). Frequently applied to a hawk (cf. sense 1a). Obsolete.

transitive. To bring to (formerly †in, †into, †under) order, obedience, reason, etc., by constraint or compulsion.

transitive. To reduce (a person) to order or obedience. Obsolete.

transitive. To cause to submit or obey. With under or to. Obsolete.

To reduce to allegiance, or submission. Obsolete.

transitive. To tame, subdue, soften.

transitive. To tame; to subdue.

transitive. To make compliant and submissive; to fool.

transitive. To cause to acquiesce or be complaisant. Obsolete.