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Webster 1913 Edition


Vanquish

Van′quish

(văṉ′kwĭsh)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Vanquished
(văṉ′kwĭsht)
;
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.
wīg
war, battle,
wīgend
a warrior,
wīgan
to contend, fight, OHG.
wīgant
a warrior,
wīgan
to fight, Icel.
vīg
battle, Goth.
weihan
to fight, contend. Cf.
Convince
,
Evict
,
Invincible
,
Victor
.]
1.
To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.
Hakluyt.
They . . .
vanquished
the rebels in all encounters.
Clarendon.
2.
Hence, to defeat in any contest; to get the better of; to put down; to refute.
This bold assertion has been fully
vanquished
in a late reply to the Bishop of Meaux’s treatise.
Atterbury.
For e'en though
vanquished
, he could argue still.
Goldsmith.
Syn. – To conquer; surmount; overcome; confute; silence. See
Conquer
.

Van′quish

,
Noun.
(Far.)
A disease in sheep, in which they pine away.
[Written also
vinquish
.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Vanquish

VAN'QUISH

,
Verb.
T.
[L. vinco, vincio, to bind.]
1.
To conquer; to overcome; to subdue in battle; as an enemy.
They vanquished the rebels in all encounters.
2.
To defeat in any contest; to refute in argument.

VAN'QUISH

,
Noun.
A disease in sheep, in which they pine away.

Definition 2024


vanquish

vanquish

English

Verb

vanquish (third-person singular simple present vanquishes, present participle vanquishing, simple past and past participle vanquished)

  1. To defeat, to overcome.
    • Clarendon
      They [] vanquished the rebels in all encounters.
    • Atterbury
      This bold assertion has been fully vanquished in a late reply to the Bishop of Meaux's treatise.

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