conquer
English
Alternative forms
- conquire (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French conquerre, from Late Latin conquaerere (“to knock, strike; to search for, procure”), from Latin con- + quaerere (“to seek, acquire”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: con‧quer
- Rhymes: -ɒŋkə(ɹ)
Audio (US): (file) - Homophone: conker
Verb
conquer (third-person singular simple present conquers, present participle conquering, simple past and past participle conquered)
- To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
- To acquire by force of arms, win in war.
- In 1453, the Ottoman Empire conquered Istanbul.
- 1594, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Field, […], →OCLC, [verse 17], lines [97–100]:
- (Can we date this quote by Alexander Pope and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- We conquered France, but felt our captive's charms.
- To overcome an abstract obstacle.
- Today I conquered my fear of flying by finally boarding a plane.
- to conquer difficulties or temptations
- (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- By winning words to conquer hearts, / And make persuasion do the work of fear.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 8, in The Celebrity:
- The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.
- (dated) To gain, win, or obtain by effort.
- to conquer freedom; to conquer a peace
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
defeat in combat
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overcome abstract obstacle
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