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Synonyms for conquest

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kon-kwest, kong-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒn kwɛst, ˈkɒŋ-

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Définition of conquest

Origin :
  • early 14c., a merged word from Old French conquest "acquisition" (Modern French conquêt), and Old French conqueste "conquest, acquisition" (Modern French conquête), both from past participle of conquerre, from Vulgar Latin *conquaerere (see conquer).
  • noun defeat, victory
  • noun enchantment; person enchanted
Example sentences :
  • Every body saw, he was pleased to say, that I had made a conquest.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • When he opened the box, the first book which he picked up was The Conquest of Fear.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • To the conquest of fear this splendid universalism is another essential.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • After all, the conquest of fear is largely a question of vitality.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • It was he who had planned the conquest of Corsica, and annexed it to France.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
  • This event completed the conquest of Boabdil over his own irresolution.
  • Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • You may not know it—though I suppose you do—but you made a conquest last night.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • Merry had joked about him, and had once spoken of it to her sister as a conquest.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • So those were the purposes to which the conquest had been put!
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • The renunciation, the conquest of sex—it is this that must be gained.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley

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