subdue
/səbˈdu/ verbe C1En français : soumettre, subjuguer, assujettir
- To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
- To bring (a country) under control by force.
He/she/it subdues · Prétérit subdued · Participe passé subdued · Forme en -ing subduing
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- subdue
- He/she/it
- subdues
- Prétérit
- subdued
- Participe passé
- subdued
- Forme en -ing
- subduing
Dans la bibliothèque
A subdued slam above told that the door of the east gable had been shut with equal vehemence.
The jailer saw by his tone he would be happy to die; and as every prisoner is worth ten sous a day to his jailer, he replied in a more subdued tone.
Holmes walked in, and I followed him with that subdued feeling at my heart which the presence of death inspires.
To me, with my nerves worked up to a pitch of expectancy, there was something depressing and subduing in the sudden gloom, and in the cold dank air of the vault.
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