subjugate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌbd͡ʒuɡeɪt/, /ˈsʌbd͡ʒəɡeɪt/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌbd͡ʒəɡeɪt/

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  • Rhymes: -eɪt
• (adjective)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌbd͡ʒuɡət/, /ˈsʌbd͡ʒəɡət/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌbd͡ʒəɡət/
• 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.
   • 1782, William Cowper, “Hope”, in Poems, London: J Johnson, , →OCLC, page 151:

     From infancy through childhood's giddy maze, / Frovvard at ſchool, and fretful in his plays, / The puny tyrant burns to ſubjugate / The free republic of the vvhip-gig ſtate.

Synonyms

• underyoke

Related terms

• subjugation

Translations

Adjective

subjugate (not comparable)

1. In a subjugated position.
   • 2010, James M. Volo, A History of War Resistance in America, page 17:

     Each nationalist struggle assumed the complexion of a Communist versus non-Communist conflict rather than one between a colonial imperium and a subjugate indigenous population intent on their independence.

Further reading

• “subjugate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “subjugate”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

subjugāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of subjugō