sub·ju·gate 
(sŭbjə-gāt′)
(sŭbjə-gāt′)tr.v. sub·ju·gat·ed, sub·ju·gat·ing, sub·ju·gates
1. To bring under control, especially by military force; conquer.
2. To make subordinate or subject to the dominion of something else: "The urgency of the mating season is subjugated, for the moment, to the demands of self-preservation" (David M. Carroll).
[Middle English subjugaten, from Latin subiugāre, subiugāt- : sub-, sub- + iugum, yoke; see yeug- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
sub′ju·gation n.
subju·ga′tor n.
- Indo-European root: skel-
- Indo-European root: sker-
- Indo-European root: sker-
- Indo-European root: sker-
- Indo-European root: (s)keu-
- Indo-European root: skeud-
- Indo-European root: skrībh-
- Indo-European root: sleiə-
- Indo-European root: sleubh-
- Indo-European root: slēb-
- Indo-European root: slēg-
- Indo-European root: smei-
- Indo-European root: (s)mer-
- Indo-European root: (s)mer-
- Indo-European root: sneigwh-
- Indo-European root: (s)neəu-
- Indo-European root: snā-
- Indo-European root: (s)nāu-
- Indo-European root: (s)nē-
- Indo-European root: so-
- Indo-European root: sol-
- Indo-European root: spek-
- Indo-European root: (s)pen-
- Indo-European root: spend-
- Indo-European root: sper-