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s who formerly lived near the site of the city of Natchez, Mississippi. In 1729 they were subdued by the French; the survivors joined the Creek Confederacy.

The quality or state of being difficult to remedy, relieve, or subdue; as, the obstinacy of a disease or evil.

Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate fever; obstinate obstructions.

To confront, or subdue, with greater scorn. Shak.

To blow over, or be subdued. [R.] Spenser.

To get the better of; to surmount; to conquer; to subdue; as, to overcome enemies in battle. This wretched woman overcome Of anguish, rather than of crime, hath been. Spenser.

To overpower; to subdue; to vanquish; to govern.

To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to vanquish; to subdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes. "And overpower'd that gallant few." Wordsworth.

To quell or subdue completely. [R.] Bp. Hall.

Worn out or subdued by toil; worn out so as to be trite.

To subdue by wrestling. [Obs.] Spenser.

To cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue. [Obs.] Spenser.

To crush; to subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely; as, to quash a rebellion. Contrition is apt to quash or allay all worldly grief. Barrow.

To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate. [R.] Winter's wrath begins to quell. Spenser.

One who quells; one who overpowers or subdues.

To bring to terms; to humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture; as, to reduce a province or a fort.

To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent.

authority; -- often followed by over. By me princes rule, and nobles. Prov. viii. 16. We subdue and rule over all other creatures. Ray.

A contraction for is or (colloquially) for has. "My heart's subdued." Shak.

the time when the bones and the internal organs become involved. -- Secondary tint, any subdued tint, as gray. -- Secondary union (Surg.), the union of wounds after suppuration; union by the second intention.