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subdues
verb as in keep under control; moderate
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Example Sentences
The land where it is always afternoon chills at first and subdues all lively sentiments.
This God-nature of Man's has been asleep, submerged under the domination of the animal nature which subdues and appropriates.
The vastness of an unbroken wilderness subdues them, and they quail before the relentless, untamed forces of nature.
Ulysses himself then goes, having obtained the plant moly; he subdues, enjoys; he releases his companions.
Liszt subdues the people to him by the very way he walks on to the stage.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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