alistaa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abandon verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
- compel verb To force or pressure someone into doing something.
- oppress verb To control or treat a group of people unfairly and cruelly, often by force.
- reduce verb To make something smaller in size, amount, or intensity.
- remit verb To send money, especially as a payment.
- seize verb To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
- subject noun The main topic being discussed, studied, or shown in a work of art.
- subjugate verb To conquer a people or country and force them into submission.
- submit verb To send in a piece of work, application, or request for review or approval.
- subordinate adj Lower in rank, importance, or position; under the authority of someone else.
Senses
alistaa is used for these senses in English:
- abandon (transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
- bring someone to their knees (idiomatic) To defeat and make submit to orders.
- compel (transitive) To overpower; to subdue.
- oppress (transitive) To keep down by unjust force.
- reduce (transitive) To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
- remit (transitive) To refer (something or someone) for deliberation, judgment, etc. (to a particular body or person).
- seize (UK, intransitive) To submit for consideration to a deliberative body.
- subject (transitive) To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave.
abandon — full definition
- verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
- verb To give up an activity, plan, or belief completely.
- noun Total freedom from restraint or inhibition, especially in the phrase "with abandon".