[f. SUBDUE v. + -ING1.] The action of SUBDUE v.; subdual, subjugation.
c. 1482. J. Kay, trans. Caoursin’s Siege of Rhodes (1870), ¶ 1. The subduynge and oppressynge of the … cytee of Constantynople.
1532. More, Confut. Tindale, Wks. 371. The subduyng of ye flesh and taming of bodily lustes.
1535. Coverdale, 1 Macc. xiv. 34. What so euer was mete for the subduynge of the aduersaries.
1655. Hume, in Nicholas Papers (Camden), III. 213. A combination made between France and Cromwell for the subduing of all the Spanish provinces of the Low Countries.
1690. Child, Disc. Trade (1698), Pref. p. xv. The subduing [= abatement] of interest will bring in multitudes of traders.
1788. Encycl. Brit. (1797), I. 276/2. None of them [sc. harrows] are sufficient to prepare for the seed any ground that requires subduing.
1875. Encycl. Brit., I. 335/1. For the more speedy subduing of a rough uncultured surface.
