vassalizev.
/ˈvasəlʌɪz/ 1. transitive. = vassal v. 1.
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society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > make subject to
underputc1374
subjecta1382
subduea1398
summitc1400
inclinec1425
submit?c1425
endanger1551
vassalize1599
servanta1616
vassal1615
vassalage1648
1599 R. Linche Fountaine Anc. Fiction sig. Ciiv Since Asia was vassalized and subiugated to the Romanes.
1648 O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches 20 Nov. The former Quarrel was that Englishmen might rule over one another, this to vassalise us to a foreign nation.
1653 E. Chisenhale Catholike Hist. 36 Their..close practises against all that will not..vassalize themselves to their impious Lord and Master.
1670 in E. B. Jupp Carpenters' Co. (1887) 308 All other workemen depending on the same must lye adle [sic] and bee vassalized to their rudenes and exorbitances.
2. = vassal v. 2.
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society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)]
wieldOE
i-weldeOE
onwaldOE
overwieldlOE
amaistera1250
underlaya1300
daunt1303
underbringc1320
yoke?c1335
undercasta1340
afaitec1350
faite1362
subjecta1382
to make subjectc1384
distraina1400
underlouta1400
underthewa1400
underset1422
subjectc1460
subjuge?1473
submise?1473
dompt1480
suppedit?1483
to keep under1486
abandon1487
bandon?a1500
suppeditatec1545
to bring under1563
reduce1569
assubject1579
overpower1597
envassal1606
assubjugate1609
vassal1612
subact1619
vassalize1647
vassalate1659
to school down1818
to ride herd on (also over)1895
society > authority > subjection > service > feudal service > serve feudal superior [verb (transitive)] > reduce to position of vassal
vassal1612
vassalize1647
1647 J. March Actions for Slaunder 7 He might seize all his estate..and Vassalize his person at his pleasure.
1654 J. Spittlehouse Vindic. Fifth Monarchy Men 5 Against all arbitrary or absolute power..vassalizing the Saints and People of God in this Commonwealth.
1848 J. R. Lowell Fable for Critics (ed. 2) 1506 To vassalize old tyrant Winter.
Derivatives
ˈvassalized adj.
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society > authority > subjection > [adjective] > made subject to authority
subjecta1375
subjugatec1429
subact?1440
redact?a1475
mancipatec1487
suppeditate?1526
underthrown1532
submitted1537
subjected1550
subdued1553
captivate1581
vassalled1606
envassalled1609
captivated1621
subordinated1640
subacted1644
vassalized1647
subjugated1656
reduced1659
1647 Maids Petition 3 Till then, wee'le remaine your Vassalized Virgins.
1840 T. Macqueen Moorland Minstrel 37 It mark'd the deep bondage of vassaliz'd man.
ˈvassalizing n.
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society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > [noun]
subduingc1450
subjugationa1456
subdue1483
subjecting1585
overwielding1597
subordinatinga1600
yoking1602
vassalizing1607
subduement1609
captivating1623
subdual1641
envassaling1642
envassalage1652
subjuging1660
subduction1670
1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 80 The vassalizing of the rebellious affections.
1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 215 Therefore the meat is not yet fully transchanged, unless when its own Archeus being subdued, our vital one is introduced with a full vassallizing of the former.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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