Reconquer
[riː'kɒŋkə] or [,ri'kɑŋkɚ]
Definition
(verb.) conquer anew; 'The country reconquered the territory lost in the previous war'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To conquer again; to recover by conquest; as, to reconquer a revolted province.
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Definition
v.t. to conquer again: to recover: to regain.—n. Recon′quest.
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Examples
- I would not so soon relinquish the attempt to reconquer it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- They rebelled only to be reconquered. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As we have told, he reconquered the African province from the Vandals and most of Italy from the Goths. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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