Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)Forced into submission; subjugated.
порабощатьporaboščatʹ, подчинятьpodčinjatʹ
Examples
13 sentencesThe empire subjugated the neighboring peoples.
The people were subjugated by a vast empire.
The hero demonstrated that a man could subjugate nature to his uses.
The supreme art of war is to subjugate the enemy without fighting.
They subjugate the meek.
Translations
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Origin
The adjective is derived from Late Middle English subiugat(e), subjugat(e) (“made submissiThe adjective is derived from Late Middle English subiugat(e), subjugat(e) (“made submissive; obedient”), the past participle of subiugaten, subjugaten (“to conquer; to subdue”), from Latin subiugātus, subjugātus (“subjugated”), the perfect passive participle of subiugō, subjugō (“to make subject, subjugate”), from sub- (prefix meaning ‘under’) + iugō, jugō (“to join; to yoke”) (from iugum (“collar for a horse; yoke for cattle”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to tie together, join, yoke”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs)). Doublet of yoke.
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