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debellated

debellated is the simple past and past participle of debellate.

Meaning of debellate

Verb

debellate (third-person singular simple present debellates, present participle debellating, simple past and past participle debellated)

  1. (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.1611, Iohn Speed [i.e., John Speed], “Edward the Third, […]”, in The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of yͤ Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. […], London: […] William Hall and John...

Questions about debellated

What is debellated the simple past and past participle of?
Debellated is the simple past and past participle of debellate.

Words near debellated in the dictionary

  1. debeige
  2. debeiges
  3. debel
  4. Debelius
  5. debellate
  6. debellated
  7. debellates
  8. debellating
  9. debellatio
  10. debellation
  11. debelled

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