Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
debel .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To subdue; to conquer in war.
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- verb obsolete, transitive To
subdue ; toconquer inwar .
Etymologies
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Latin debellatus, past participle of debellare ("to subdue").
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