subjugate
to bring someone under control
TRANSLATION
bezwingen, unterjochen, unterwerfen
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"Ending the subjugation of the black majority in South Africa was for many years a goal for concerned people around the world"
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WORDWISE: From Middle English, from Latin subjugatus, past participle of subjugare; from "sub" plus "jugum" - yoke (Joch).
Date: 15th century.
To subjugate means literally to "bring under the yoke." In the time of ancient Rome, conquered troops were made to march under a yoke as a sign of their submission to the victor. Modern armies no longer use an actual yoke, but subjugation is still every bit as painful and humiliating, whether of one nation by another, one ethnic group by another, or one religious group by another.
Date: 15th century.
To subjugate means literally to "bring under the yoke." In the time of ancient Rome, conquered troops were made to march under a yoke as a sign of their submission to the victor. Modern armies no longer use an actual yoke, but subjugation is still every bit as painful and humiliating, whether of one nation by another, one ethnic group by another, or one religious group by another.
