Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To subdue; expel by force of arms.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To conquer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete, transitive To
conquer .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He used to debel Kings and do to death champions and braves in battle and in the field of fight, so that the Conquerors feared him and the Chosroës516 humbled themselves to him.
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“Who-e debel you?” — he at last said — “you no speak-e, dam-me, I kill-e.”
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He used to debel Kings and do to death champions and braves in battle and in the field of fight, so that the Conquerors feared him and the
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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And thief of Paradife i him long of old Thou didft debel, and down from Heaven caft 605
The Works of the English Poets.: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical 1779
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And thief of Paradife; him long of old Thou didft debel, and down ftnom Heaven caft AbiasTherfaeusy iR-eg.
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HO Quia, qui fetael Reipublica? no - ìvx riocuit, prudenter ereditai* adhuc nociturus, atque ob noxam primo illa - tam tamdiu jure bello licet inftare, do - necita attrita fintejusviresac debel - lata, ut, etiamfi velit, nonpofsit nobis in pofterum nocere.
Marci Zuerii Boxhornii ... Institutionum politicarum libri duo: Editio altera, priori longè ... Marcus Zuerius Boxhorn 1657
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a mean ol 'debel and whipped his slaves of'n and hard.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Ohio Narratives Work Projects Administration
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"Den," Jim went on, paying no attention to the interruption, "me led de other two hosses little way, and let them go loose, sure not go far from home; and I jump on Tartar, and ride like de debel to
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