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  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.
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              They . . . vanquished the rebels in all encounters.
                                                    --Clarendon.
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     2. Hence, to defeat in any contest; to get the better of; to
        put down; to refute.
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              This bold assertion has been fully vanquished in a
              late reply to the Bishop of Meaux's treatise.
                                                    --Atterbury.
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              For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still.
                                                    --Goldsmith.
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     Syn: To conquer; surmount; overcome; confute; silence. See
          Conquer.
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  Vanquish \Van"quish\, n. (Far.)
     A disease in sheep, in which they pine away. [Written also
     vinquish.]
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  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]

  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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