society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > make obedient > to one's will (2)
†Phrase. to bring any one to,or have him at, one's bent. Obsolete.
to wrap (also wind, twist, turn,etc.) (a person) round one's finger: to have the ability to make (a person) do whatever one wants; to control or…