Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Subdual; conquest.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Subdual.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete
subdual ; act ofsubduing
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Examples
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His face, bending over the tables of the Law with the earnest research of a student, with the chastened subduement of devotion, with all the calm sentiments of reverie, Jacked something of its normal aspect.
The Riddle Of The Rocks 1895 Mary Noailles Murfree 1886
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