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Synonyms for vanquish

Grammar : Verb
Spell : vang-kwish, van-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvæŋ kwɪʃ, ˈvæn-

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Définition of vanquish

Origin :
  • early 14c., from Old French venquis (past tense), and vencus (p.p.), from veintre "defeat," from Latin vincere "defeat" (see victor). Influenced in Middle English by Middle French vainquiss-, present stem of vainquir "conquer," from Old French vainkir, alteration of veintre. Related: Vanquished; vanquishing.
  • verb defeat soundly
Example sentences :
  • There is not another instrument can be discovered, to disarm and vanquish the human mind.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • The Church was peace—peace from the noise of life, and strength to fight and to vanquish.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • Are you so tame and so poor-spirited that a threat is to vanquish you?
  • Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Before his party was victorious it had to vanquish most determined opposition.
  • Extract from : « The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 » by Henry Baerlein
  • It admits their impotence to vanquish the loyal forces in open battle.
  • Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman
  • I know thou oft hast told me a kiss could vanquish all denial.
  • Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • Vanquish't by right we must be, since Victory loveth the heedful.
  • Extract from : « The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus » by Caius Valerius Catullus
  • No one could be so discourteous or impolitic as to vanquish the king.
  • Extract from : « Louis XIV., Makers of History Series » by John S. C. Abbott
  • It seeks to vanquish the refractory and arouse the indifferent.
  • Extract from : « Introduction to the Science of Sociology » by Robert E. Park
  • One taste, as a rule, proved enough to vanquish their prejudices.
  • Extract from : « In the Morning of Time » by Charles G. D. Roberts

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