subjugate

Meanings

1. Forced into submission; subjugated.

1. A person forced into submission; a subject.

1. To forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.).
2. To make (someone or something) subordinate to another person or thing; to subordinate.
3. To tame (an animal); to domesticate.
4. To put (one's neck or shoulders) under a metaphorical yoke.

Etymology

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English subiugat(e), subjugat(e) (“made submissive; obedient”), the past participle of subiugaten, subjugaten (“to conquer; to subdue”), from Latin subiugātus, subjugātus (“subjugated”), the perfect passive participle of subiugō, subjugō (“to make subject, subjugate”), from sub- (prefix meaning ‘under’) + iugō, jugō (“to join; to yoke”) (from iugum (“collar for a horse; yoke for cattle”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to tie together, join, yoke”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs)). Doublet of yoke. The noun is derived from the adjective.