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power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish. I will subdue all thine enemies. 1 Chron. xvii. 10.

Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild.

Subdual. [Obs.] Shak.

One who, or that which, subdues; a conqueror. Spenser.

To subdue; to tame; to daunt. [Obs.] Then is your careless courage accoyed. Spenser.

To daunt; to subdue; to mitigate. [Obs.] Skelton.

To subdue; to daunt. [Obs.] The sight whereof did greatly him adaw. Spenser.

ense, or by way of apology; regretfully excusing; as, an apologetic essay. "To speak in a subdued and apologetic tone." Macaulay.

To try to win, subdue, or overcome; as, one who attempts the virtue of a woman. Dear sir, of force I must attempt you further: Take some remembrance of us, as a tribute. Shak.

To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue. "Except she bend her humor." Shak.

it What booteth it to others that we wish them well, and do nothing for them Hooker. What subdued To change like this a mind so far imbued With scorn of man, it little boots to know. Byron. What boots to us your victories Southey.

"Trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass." Ps. xxxvii. 5. -- To bring under, to subdue; to restrain; to reduce to obedience. -- To bring up. (a) To carry upward; to nurse; to rear; to educate.

Subdued; humbled; contrite. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. Ps. li. 17.

To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue. [Obs.] Their woes whom fortune captivates. Shak.

One charmed or subdued by beaty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.

rough the midst of. (b) To support to the end; to sustain, or keep from falling, or being subdued. "Grace will carry us . . . through all difficulties." Hammond. (c) To complete; to bring to a succesful issue; to succeed. -- To carry up, to convey or extend in an upward course or direction; to build. -- To carry weig…

To subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to affect by magic. No witchcraft charm thee! Shak.

or bread made from wheat. [Obs.] Drayton. Their purest cheat, Thrice bolted, kneaded, and subdued in paste. Chapman.

te; to refine. Yet blest that fate which did his arms dispose Her land to civilize, as to subdue. Dryden

power of digesting or ripening; digestive. Hence the concoctive powers, with various art, Subdue the cruder aliments to chyle. J. Armstrong.