Vanquish

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• Vanquish — Van quish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vanquished}; 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[=i]g war …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Vanquish — Van quish, n. (Far.) A disease in sheep, in which they pine away. [Written also {vinquish}.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• vanquish — index beat (defeat), defeat, demean (make lower), foil, humiliate, kill (defeat), overcome ( …   Law dictionary

• vanquish — (v.) early 14c., from O.Fr. venquis (past tense), and vencus (p.p.), from veintre defeat, from L. vincere defeat (see VICTOR (Cf. victor)). Influenced in Middle English by M.Fr. vainquiss , present stem of vainquir conquer, from O.Fr. vainkir,… …   Etymology dictionary

• vanquish — *conquer, defeat, beat, lick, subdue, subjugate, reduce, overcome, surmount, overthrow, rout Analogous words: *frustrate, foil, outwit, circumvent: *overturn, subvert Contrasted words: surrender, submit, capitulate (see corresponding nouns at… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• vanquish — [v] defeat soundly bear down, beat, conquer, crush, humble, overcome, overpower, overturn, overwhelm, put down, quell, reduce, repress, rout, subdue, subjugate, subvert, surmount, trample, triumph over; concept 95 Ant. fail, lose, surrender …   New thesaurus

• vanquish — ► VERB ▪ defeat thoroughly. DERIVATIVES vanquisher noun. ORIGIN Old French vainquir, from Latin vincere conquer …   English terms dictionary

• vanquish — [vaŋ′kwish, van′kwish] vt. [ME venquissen < OFr veinquis , inflectional stem of veinquir < L vincere, to conquer: see VICTOR] 1. to conquer or defeat in battle; force into submission 2. a) to defeat in any conflict, as in argument b) to… …   English World dictionary