Available Definitions:
1) a. - Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild.
2) a. - Not glaring in color; soft in tone.
3) v. t. - To destroy the force of; to overcome; as, medicines subdue a fever.
4) v. t. - To render submissive; to bring under command; to reduce to mildness or obedience; to tame; as, to subdue a stubborn child; to subdue the temper or passions.
5) v. t. - To overcome, as by persuasion or other mild means; as, to subdue opposition by argument or entreaties.
6) v. t. - To reduce to tenderness; to melt; to soften; as, to subdue ferocity by tears.
7) v. t. - To make mellow; to break, as land; also, to destroy, as weeds.
8) v. t. - To reduce the intensity or degree of; to tone down; to soften; as, to subdue the brilliancy of colors.