debellate

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debellate

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First attested in 1611; borrowed from Latin dēbellātus, perfect passive participle of dēbellō (“to subdue”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of debel.

verb debellates · debellating · debellated

obsolete, transitive To conquer (someone) in war; to subdue. They [the French] deſire (king Edward [III] grovvne aged) not to ſeeme by ſitting ſtill vpon ſo many thornes of diſgrace, and loſſe, to haue beene outvvarred, though ouer-vvarred, and though in tvvo or three battels inferior, yet not to haue beene clearly debellated.

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@misc{debellate_2026,
  title = {debellate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/debellate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}