Subdue vs. Subduer

To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.

To bring (a country) under control by force.

To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish.

Example: ‘I will subdue all thine enemies.’;

To overpower so as to disable from further resistance; to crush.

Example: ‘Nothing could have subdued natureTo such a lowness, but his unkind daughters.’; ‘If aught . . . were worthy to subdueThe soul of man.’;

To destroy the force of; to overcome; as, medicines subdue a fever.

To render submissive; to bring under command; to reduce to mildness or obedience; to tame; as, to subdue a stubborn child; to subdue the temper or passions.

To overcome, as by persuasion or other mild means; as, to subdue opposition by argument or entreaties.

To reduce to tenderness; to melt; to soften; as, to subdue ferocity by tears.

To make mellow; to break, as land; also, to destroy, as weeds.

To reduce the intensity or degree of; to tone down; to soften; as, to subdue the brilliancy of colors.

put down by force or intimidation;

Example: ‘The government quashes any attempt of an uprising’; ‘China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently’; ‘The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land’;

to put down by force or authority;

Example: ‘suppress a nascent uprising’; ‘stamp down on littering’; ‘conquer one's desires’;

hold within limits and control;

Example: ‘subdue one's appetites’; ‘mortify the flesh’;

get on top of; deal with successfully;

Example: ‘He overcame his shyness’;

make subordinate, dependent, or subservient;

Example: ‘Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler’;

correct by punishment or discipline

One who, or that which, subdues.

One who, or that which, subdues; a conqueror.

someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion