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verb (used with object), -gat·ed, -gat·ing.
1.
to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master.
2.
to make submissive or subservient; enslave.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin subjugātus, past participle of subjugāre to subjugate, equivalent to sub- sub- + jug(um) yoke1 + -ātus -ate1
1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin subjugātus, past participle of subjugāre to subjugate, equivalent to sub- sub- + jug(um) yoke1 + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
sub·ju·ga·tion, noun
sub·ju·ga·tor, noun
non·sub·ju·ga·ble, adjective
self-sub·ju·gat·ing, adjective
EXPANDun·sub·ju·gat·ed, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1, 2. overcome, vanquish, reduce, overpower.
1, 2. overcome, vanquish, reduce, overpower.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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Word Origin & History
subjugate
mid-15c., from L. subjugat-, pp. stem of subjugare (see subjugation). Related: Subjugated; subjugating.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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