vanquish
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Din dicționarul The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Vanquish \Van"quish\ (v[a^][ng]"kw[i^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vanquished (v[a^][ng]"kw[i^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Vanquishing.] [OE. venquishen, venquissen, venkisen, F. vaincre, pret. vainquis, OF. veintre, pret. venqui, venquis (cf. an OF. infin. vainquir), fr. L. vincere; akin to AS. w[imac]g war, battle, w[imac]gend a warrior, w[imac]gan to contend, fight, OHG. w[imac]gant a warrior, w[imac]gan to fight, Icel. v[imac]g battle, Goth. weihan to fight, contend. Cf. Convince, Evict, Invincible, Victor.] 1. To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy. --Hakluyt. [1913 Webster] They . . . vanquished the rebels in all encounters. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, to defeat in any contest; to get the better of; to put down; to refute. [1913 Webster] This bold assertion has been fully vanquished in a late reply to the Bishop of Meaux's treatise. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster] For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] Syn: To conquer; surmount; overcome; confute; silence. See Conquer. [1913 Webster]Din dicționarul The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Vanquish \Van"quish\, n. (Far.) A disease in sheep, in which they pine away. [Written also vinquish.] [1913 Webster]Din dicționarul WordNet (r) 2.0 :
vanquish v : come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" [syn: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce]Din dicționarul Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "vanquish": bear down, beat down, bend, break, conquer, crush, defeat, fell, flatten, humble, master, overpower, override, overturn, prostrate, put down, quell, reduce, ride down, smash, subdue, subjugate, subvert, suppress, surmount, trample, trample down, trample underfoot, tread underfoot
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