subdue
verb (used with object)
to conquer and bring into subjection.
have been subduing
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present perfect progressiveof subdue.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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For over three hundred years we have been subduing the wilderness.
From The Blood Red Dawn by Charles Caldwell Dobie
