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subjugatesub‧ju‧gate /ˈsʌbdʒəɡeɪt/ verb [transitive] formal subjugateOrigin: 1400-1500 Latin past participle of subjugare, from jugum ‘yoke’ VERB TABLEsubjugate |
Present | I, you, we, they | subjugate | | he, she, it | subjugates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | subjugated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have subjugated | | he, she, it | has subjugated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had subjugated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will subjugate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have subjugated |
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Present | I | am subjugating | | he, she, it | is subjugating | | you, we, they | are subjugating | Past | I, he, she, it | was subjugating | | you, we, they | were subjugating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been subjugating | | he, she, it | has been subjugating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been subjugating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be subjugating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been subjugating |
- In 1619, the Dutch subjugated the island of Java.
- And she had thought she could subjugate him!
- Because that power comes so naturally, the elder women may not have felt the need to subjugate men.
- He was correct in so far as our forebears were piteously shattered but quite wrong in thinking that they could be subjugated.
- In cases concerning children it is often necessary to subjugate justice to the adults to the interests of the children.
- It would mean at the very least, firmly subjugating the Commission to an elected authority.
- Peter firmly subjugated the Church to the State.
- She draws on subterranean forces to subjugate and control.
- The war, he said, had been launched to save the Union, not to subjugate the South.
► a subjugated people/nation/country to defeat a person or group and make them obey you: The native population was subjugated and exploited.a subjugated people/nation/countrybe subjugated to somebody/something Her own needs had been subjugated to (=not considered as important as) the needs of her family.GRAMMAR Subjugate is usually passive.—subjugation /ˌsʌbdʒəˈɡeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] |