What is "subdues"

Usage examples of "subdues".

If, by the admittance of abandoned men, this evil increases to such a degree that it holds places, fixes abodes, takes possession of cities, and subdues peoples, it assumes the more plainly the name of a kingdom, because the reality is now manifestly conferred on it, not by the removal of covetousness, but by the addition of impunity.

This does not take place without the providence of God, in whose power it lies that any one either subdues or is subdued in war.

He of the Two Goddesses, Protector of Khem who Subdues the Foreign Lands.