subjugate

subjugate

English

Etymology

Romans Under the Yoke (1858), Charles Gleyre

From Latin subiugatus, past participle of subiugare (“to bring under the yoke, subjugate”), from sub (“under”) + iugum (“yoke”). See yoke.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌbdʒəɡeɪt/
• Hyphenation: sub‧ju‧gate

Verb

subjugate (third-person singular simple present subjugates, present participle subjugating, simple past and past participle subjugated)

1. (transitive) To forcibly impose obedience or servitude upon.

Synonyms

• underyoke

Related terms

• subjugation

Translations

to forcibly impose obedience or servitude

Catalan: subjugar (ca) French: assujettir (fr) German: unterjochen (de), unterwerfen (de) Hungarian: leigáz (hu) Latin: subiugō (Classical), redūcō (Mediaeval) Maori: whakataurekareka, whakataurekareka, tāmi, pāpā, pēhi Middle English: daunten Norwegian: underkue, underlegge

Persian: منقاد کردن‎ (monqâd kardan) Polish: podporządkowywać impf, podporządkować (pl) pf Portuguese: subjugar (pt) Romanian: subjuga (ro) Russian: порабощать (ru) (poraboščatʹ), покорять (ru) (pokorjatʹ) Serbo-Croatian: podjármiti (sh), podvlástiti (sh), podčìniti (sh), potčìniti, podvrgnuti (sh) Spanish: sojuzgar (es) Swedish: underkuva (sv)

Further reading

• subjugate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• subjugate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Latin

Verb

subjugāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of subjugō