Obs. Also 5 subdeue. [f. next.] Subdual, subjugation, conquest.
c. 1465. Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1903), 5. Wherefor, prince…, Remembere þe Subdeue of þi Regaly, Of Englonde, frawnce, & spayn trewely.
1482. Rolls of Parlt., VI. 223/1. In defens of this youre seid Reame, and subdue of youre Enemyes.
a. 1592. Greene & Lodge, Looking Glasse (1598), A 4 b. The worlds subdue.
