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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dragoon \Dra*goon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dragooned}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Dragooning}.]
1. To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to
persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers.
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2. To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to
persecute.
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The colonies may be influenced to anything, but they
can be dragooned to nothing. --Price.
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Lewis the Fourteenth is justly censured for trying
to dragoon his subjects to heaven. --Macaulay.
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