Word Meanings - ADAUNT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To daunt; to subdue; to mitigate. Skelton.

DAUNTER
One who daunts.
SUBDUEMENT
Subdual. Shak.
SUBDUE
1. To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish. I will subdue all thine enemies. 1 Chron. xvii. 10. 2. To overpower so as to disable from further
SUBDUER
One who, or that which, subdues; a conqueror. Spenser.
MITIGATE
1. To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful, etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish; to lessen; as, to mitigate heat or cold; to mitigate grief. 2. To make mild and accessible; to mollify; -- applied to persons.
DAUNT
1. To overcome; to conquer. 2. To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten. Some presences daunt and discourage us. Glanvill. Syn. -- To dismay; appall. See Dismay.
SUBDUED
1. Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild. 2. Not glaring in color; soft in tone.
DAUNTLESS
Incapable of being daunted; undaunted; bold; fearless; intrepid. Dauntless he rose, and to the fight returned. Dryden. -- Daunt"less*ly, adv. -- Daunt"less*ness, n.
UNDAUNTABLE
Incapable of being daunted; intrepid; fearless; indomitable. Bp. Hall.
ADAUNT
To daunt; to subdue; to mitigate. Skelton.
GRANDAUNT
The aunt of one's father or mother.
UNDAUNTED
Not daunted; not subdued or depressed by fear. Shak. Syn. -- Bold; fearless; brave; courageous; intrepid. -- Un*daunt"ed*ly, adv. -- Un*daunt"ed*ness, n.