debellate

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To conquer (someone) in war; to subdue. obsolete,transitive
    — They [the French] deſire (king Edward [III] grovvne aged) not to ſeeme by ſitting ſtill vpon ſo many thornes of diſgrace, and loſſe, to haue beene outvvarred, though ouer-vvarred, and though in tvvo or three battels inferior, yet not to haue beene clearly debellated.

词形变化

debellates present,singular,third-person debellating participle,present debellated participle,past debellated past

词源

First attested in 1611; borrowed from Latin dēbellātus, perfect passive participle of dēbellō (“to subdue”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of debel.
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