Usually means: Overcomes or brings under control.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word subdues:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. subdues: Merriam-Webster
  2. subdues: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. subdues: Collins English Dictionary
  4. subdues: Vocabulary.com
  5. Subdues, subdues: Wordnik
  6. subdues: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. subdues: Wiktionary
  8. subdues: Dictionary.com
  9. subdues: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. subdues: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. subdues: Legal dictionary

(Note: See subdue as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (subdue)

verb:  (transitive) To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
verb:  (transitive) To bring (a country) under control by force.
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