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Webster 1913 Edition
Conquest
Con′quest
,Noun.
[OF.
conquest
, conqueste
, F. conquête
, LL. conquistum
, conquista
, prop. p. p. from L. conquirere
. See Conquer
.] 1.
The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection; subjugation; victory.
In joys of conquest
he resigns his breath. Addison.
Three years sufficed for the
conquest
of the country. Prescott.
2.
That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.
Wherefore rejoice? What
conquest
brings he home? Shakespeare
3.
(Feudal Law)
The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
Blackstone.
4.
The act of gaining or regaining by successful struggle;
as, the
. conquest
of liberty or peace
Syn. – Victory; triumph; mastery; reduction; subjugation; subjection.
Webster 1828 Edition
Conquest
CONQUEST
,Noun.
1.
The act of conquering; the act of overcoming or vanquishing opposition by force, physical or moral. Applied to persons, territory and the like, it usually implies or includes a taking possession of; as the conquest of Canada by the British troops. So we speak of the heart, the passions, or the will.2.
Victory; success in arms; the overcoming of opposition.In joys of conquest he resigns his breath.
3.
That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral; as, Jamaica was a valuable conquest for England.4.
In a feudal sense, acquest; acquisition; the acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance, or the acquisition of property by a number in community or by one for all the others.5.
In the law of nations, the acquisition of sovereignty by force of arms.The right of conquest is derived from the laws of war.
6.
The act of gaining or regaining by effort; as the conquest of liberty or peace; a French phrase.Definition 2024
Conquest
Conquest
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English
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, an 1887 painting by Victor Vasnetsov. The Lamb is visible at the top.
Proper noun
Conquest
- The personification of conquest, (also known as Pestilence), often depicted riding a white horse.
- A town in New York, US.
- A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Synonyms
Translations
the personification of conquest
conquest
conquest
See also: Conquest
English
Noun
conquest (plural conquests)
- Victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
- (figuratively, by extenstion) An act or instance of overcoming an obstacle.
- Prescott
- Three years sufficed for the conquest of the country.
- 2002, Merle Goldman, Leo Ou-fan Lee, An intellectual history of modern China, ISBN 0521797101, page 21:
- Therefore, this dream of the human conquest of selfishness appeared devoid of any strong sense of the necessity of internal struggle to overcome it
- Prescott
- That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.
- Shakespeare
- Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?
- Shakespeare
- (feudal law) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Blackstone to this entry?)
- (colloquial, figuratively) A person with whom one has had sex.
- (video games) A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competing teams (usually two) attempt to take over pre-determined spawnpoints labeled by flags.
Translations
victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy
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competitive mode in first-person shooter games
Verb
conquest (third-person singular simple present conquests, present participle conquesting, simple past and past participle conquested)
- (archaic) To conquer.
- (marketing) To compete with an established competitor by placing advertisements for one's own products adjacent to editorial content relating to the competitor or by using terms and keywords for one's own products that are currently associated with the competitor.