subdue

Translations

1. 治めるおさめる
2. 従えるしたがえる
3. 圧伏あっぷく
4. 取り押さえるとりおさえる

English definition

1. put down by force or intimidation

Examples

• We cannot subdue nature.
• There is, perhaps, not one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as vanity.

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