Definition of Subdual

1. n. Act of subduing.

Definition of Subdual

1. Noun. An act of subduing; a successful defeat. ¹

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Definition of Subdual

1. the act of subduing [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subdual

subdivision Mastigomycotina
subdivision Pinophytina
subdivision Pteropsida
subdivision Taxophytina
subdivision Zygomycota
subdivision Zygomycotina
subdivisions
subdolous
subdomain
subdomains
subdominant
subdominants
subdoxastic
subduable
subduably
subdual (current term)
subduals
subduce
subduced
subduces
subducing
subduct
subducted
subducting
subduction
subduction zone
subductions
subductive
subductively
subducts

Literary usage of Subdual

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practical Elements of Rhetoric: With Illustrative Examples by John Franklin Genung (1896)
"subdual of Descriptive Details.—The details belonging naturally to an object of description are so loosely connected that the problem of management, ..."

2. The Practical Elements of Rhetoric: With Illustrative Examples by John Franklin Genung (1893)
"subdual of Descriptive Details. — The details belonging naturally to an object of description are so loosely connected that the problem of management, ..."

3. The Working Principles of Rhetoric Examined in Their Literary Relations and by John Franklin Genung (1900)
"subdual of Descriptive Details. — By this term, subdual, as connoting the seriousness of the problem, we may designate the management of the numerous and ..."

4. The Working Principles of Rhetoric Examined in Their Literary Relations and by John Franklin Genung (1900)
"subdual of Descriptive Details. — By this term, subdual, as connoting the seriousness of the problem, we may designate the management of the numerous and ..."

5. The Evolution of Modern Germany by William Harbutt Dawson (1911)
"... economic movements and in architecture—The spirit of modern Germanism is the spirit of subdual—Romanism in German character—The German unapproachable in ..."

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