Vanquish
['væŋkwɪʃ]
Definition
(v. t.) To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.
(v. t.) Hence, to defeat in any contest; to get the better of; to put down; to refute.
(n.) A disease in sheep, in which they pine away.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Conquer, defeat, beat, CHECKMATE, overcome, subdue, subjugate, overpower, overbear, master, floor, crush, worst, rout, discomfit, choke, foil, quell, put down, get the upper hand of, get the better of.
Editor: Vince
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Conquer, surmount, subdue, discomfit, confute, overcome, defeat, master
ANT:Succumb, yield, faint, fail
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Definition
v.t. to conquer: to defeat in any contest: to confute.—adj. Vanq′uishable capable of being vanquished.—ns. Vanq′uisher; Vanq′uishment.
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Examples
- To give way to her feelings, or to vanquish them? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- How could any vanquish such a mighty antagonist? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Thus vanquished and restricted, she pined, like any other chained denizen of deserts. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Victor and vanquished rolled limp and lifeless upon the moss, a huge mass of torn and bloody flesh. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- If he were vanquished, I should be a free man. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- At his back was a quiver of arrows slung from a leathern shoulder belt, another piece of loot from some vanquished black. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Mrs Dengelton, having thus vanquished the enemy, disappeared with her daughter and shut the window, upon which poor Crispin walked away in a rage. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He was born victor, as some are born vanquished. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The Countess had the advantage of position; so I was vanquished, though I would not yield. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- So, after vanquishing Betteredge and Mr. Bruff, Ezra Jennings vanquished Mrs. Merridew herself. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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