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subduesubdue /səbˈdu/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYsubdueOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French soduire to lead into bad actions, from Latin subducere to remove; influenced by Latin subdere to force to obey VERB TABLEsubdue |
Present | I, you, we, they | subdue | | he, she, it | subdues | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | subdued | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have subdued | | he, she, it | has subdued | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had subdued | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will subdue | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have subdued |
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Present | I | am subduing | | he, she, it | is subduing | | you, we, they | are subduing | Past | I, he, she, it | was subduing | | you, we, they | were subduing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been subduing | | he, she, it | has been subduing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been subduing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be subduing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been subduing |
1to stop a person or group from behaving violently, especially by using force: Police used pepper spray to subdue the man.2formal to take control of a place by defeating the people who live there3formal to prevent your emotions from being so strong SYN repress [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French soduire to lead into bad actions, from Latin subducere to remove; influenced by Latin subdere to force to obey] |