▪ I. ˈsubjugate, pa. pple. and n.
[ad. L. subjugāt-us, pa. pple. of subjugāre (see next).]
A. pa. pple. Subjugated. Obs. or arch.
| 1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 347 For cause the peple off Englonde sayethe and cryethe Gurmunde to haue subiugate Irlonde. 1447 O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 91 To his empere Many a cuntre he had subjugate. 1530 Palsgr. 742/1 For al their hye mynde they be now subjugate. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. I. 442 Vnto the Romanis subjungat [sic] to be. 1596 Edw. III, iii. ii, Belike, you then despair of all success, And think your country will be subjugate. 1611 Speed Theat. Gt. Brit. 75/1 Till it was first made subiugate to the Inuasion of the Danes. 1616 R. C. Times' Whistle 3495 Mans sence captivd'e, his reason subiugate. 1631 T. Powell Tom of All Trades (1876) 147 The Lord Maior..to whose commandement they be immediately subjugate. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 18 Jan. 2/1 The spirit of revolt not subjugate but gone underground. |
† B. n. A subject. Obs.
| 1773 J. Ross Fratricide i. 791 (MS.) The dupe..The servile subjugate of Satan! |
▪ II. subjugate, v.
(ˈsʌbdʒəgeɪt)
[f. L. subjugāt-, pa. ppl. stem of subjugāre, f. sub- sub- 1 g + jugum yoke. (Cf. subjuge.)]
1. trans. To bring under the yoke or into subjection; to reduce to the condition of a subject country or people.
| 1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) II. 37 That yle of Wiȝhte, whom Vespasian sende from Claudius did subiugate. 1530 Palsgr. 742/1, I subjugat, I bring under yoke or obeysaunce. 1654 Cokaine Dianea iv. 283 Arsinoe won, all is won, and the kingdome subjugated. 1718 Prior Solomon ii. 184 O fav'rite Virgin, that hast warm'd the Breast, Whose sov'reign Dictates subjugate the East! 1845 Encycl. Metrop. II. 736/1 The special commissions given to the children of Israel to subjugate the land of Canaan. 1853 Newman Hist. Sk. I. i. ii. 74 They neither subjugated the inhabitants of their new country..nor were subjugated by them. 1865 H. Phillips Amer. Paper Curr. II. 96 The English..avowed their intention of making America a desert if they could not subjugate it. |
| absol. 1855 Milman Lat. Christ. ix. vii. (1864) V. 361 This inauspicious attempt to subjugate rather than win. |
2. transf. and fig. To bring into bondage or under complete control; to make subservient or submissive.
| 1589 [? Nashe] Almond for Parrat 10 He wil needes haue subiects, before he can subiugate his affections. 1606 G. W[oodcocke] Hist. Ivstine xxxvi. 114 There was no soueraigne of Macedon able to subiugate their fealty by his dominion. 1611 Beaum. & Fl. Four Plays, Tri. Hon. i, His soul hath subjugated Martius soul. 1667 Boyle Orig. Formes & Qual. (ed. 2) 298 To evince that the same Ingredient for instance, of Sulphur, is not as much subjugated by the Form of the intire Body, as that of the purgative portion of Rhubarb, by the Form of that Drugg. 1791 Boswell Johnson (1816) I. 394 Nor can history or poetry exhibit more than pleasure triumphing over virtue, or virtue subjugating pleasure. 1841 D'Israeli Amen. Lit. (1867) 650 Aristotle..had subjugated the minds of generation after generation. 1863 Geo. Eliot Romola xxiii, His love and his hatred were of that passionate fervour which subjugates all the rest of the being. 1870 Yeats Nat. Hist. Comm. 99 The camel, an animal so early subjugated to the use of man. 1884 F. Temple Relat. Relig. & Sci. iv. (1885) 118 Many species of animals perish as man fills and subjugates the globe. |
† 3. To place as if under a yoke. Obs. rare.
| 1660 F. Brooke tr. Le Blanc's Trav. 190 This Prince hath a high veneration from his people, who subjugate their shoulders for his support [qu'ils le portent sur leurs espaules.] |
Hence ˈsubjugated, ˈsubjugating ppl. adjs.
| 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. Boccalini's Advts. fr. Parnass. i. xxi. (1674) 22 [They] took publick revenge for subjugated liberty. Ibid. ii. lxxx. 232 The subjugated people may in time of Peace recover. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia viii. v, That noble and manly labour, which..disentangles them from such subjugating snares. 1872 Yeats Growth Comm. 34 The revenue was derived from tribute paid by subjugated races. |