† debeldebellv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To put down in fight, subdue, vanquish; to expel by force of arms. Occasionally intransitive.
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society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > conquer or overcome
overcomeeOE
shendc893
awinc1000
overwinOE
overheaveOE
to lay downa1225
mate?c1225
discomfitc1230
win1297
dauntc1300
cumber1303
scomfit1303
fenkc1320
to bear downc1330
confoundc1330
confusec1330
to do, put arrear1330
oversetc1330
vanquishc1330
conquerc1374
overthrowc1375
oppressc1380
outfighta1382
to put downa1382
discomfortc1384
threshc1384
vencuea1400
depressc1400
venque?1402
ding?a1425
cumrayc1425
to put to (also at, unto) the (also one's) worsec1425
to bring or put to (or unto) utterance1430
distrussc1430
supprisec1440
ascomfita1450
to do stress?c1450
victorya1470
to make (win) a conquest1477
convanquish1483
conquest1485
defeat1485
oversailc1485
conques1488
discomfish1488
fulyie1488
distress1489
overpress1489
cravent1490
utter?1533
to give (a person) the overthrow1536
debel1542
convince1548
foil1548
out-war1548
profligate1548
proflige?c1550
expugnate1568
expugn1570
victor1576
dismay1596
damnify1598
triumph1605
convict1607
overman1609
thrash1609
beat1611
debellate1611
import1624
to cut to (or in) pieces1632
maitrise1636
worst1636
forcea1641
outfight1650
outgeneral1767
to cut up1803
smash1813
slosh1890
ream1918
hammer1948
1542 T. Becon Pleasaunt Newe Nosegaye sig. D.iiijv Humilite..debelleth and valeauntly ouercommeth the enemy of all grace.
?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter cviii. 320 He our foes: shall sone debell.
1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. ii. viii. 32 Spanish Cacus..Whom Hercules from out his Realme debelled at the length.
1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 601 Him long of old Thou didst debel, and down from Heav'n cast. View more context for this quotation
1824 J. Hogg Queen Hynde iv. 202 The treachery bred with private foe, That gave us chance thus to debel.
1886 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. (1903) 11 Doing battle for the weak and debelling the strong [after Virgil's debellare superbos].
1897 H. N. Howard Footsteps Proserpine 12 Many mourned by man, by fate debelled.
Derivatives
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society > armed hostility > victory > [noun] > conquering or defeating
vanquishinga1325
conquestc1325
wainc1330
conqueringa1340
overcoming1340
conquest1384
expugnation1429
reduction1429
profligationc1475
debellation1526
defeating1536
conquessingc1550
conquesting1555
vanquishment1593
conquerment1597
eviction1602
reducement1609
debellatinga1626
debelling1651
triumphingc1850
lathering1865
1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 42 This..made him more illustrious than by debelling of Afric.
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