Definition of Subdues

1. Verb. (third-person singular of subdue) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Subdues

1. subdue [v] - See also: subdue

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subdues

subducting
subduction
subduction zone
subductions
subductive
subductively
subducts
subdue
subdued
subduedly
subduedness
subduement
subduements
subduer
subduers
subdues (current term)
subduest
subdueth
subduing
subdulcid
subduple
subduplicate
subdural
subdural hematoma
subdurally
subdwarf
subdwarfs
subdynamics
subecho
subechoes

Literary usage of Subdues

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

1. A History of Rome to the Battle of Actium by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh (1894)
"... general of the Carthaginian forces in Africa and Spain (221)—He subdues the ... New Carthage in the early summer of 218—subdues Spain north of the Ebro, ..."

2. A History of Rome to the Battle of Actium by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh (1894)
"... general of the Carthaginian forces in Africa and Spain (221)—He subdues the ... New Carthage in the early summer of 218—subdues Spain north of the Kbro, ..."

3. The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution by David Hume, Tobias George Smollett (1825)
"The states-general alarmed at the progress of the French in the Netherlands—\ VIII. Count Saxe subdues all Flanders, Brabant, and Hainault—§ IX. ..."

4. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1850)
"HE subdues ALL OBSTACLES IN HIS WAY THITHER, AND IS EXPOSED TO GREAT DANGER AT THE SIEGE OF THE CITY OF THE ..."

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