conquest

[kon-kwest, kong-] /ˈkɒn kwɛst, ˈkɒŋ-/
noun
1.
the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
2.
the winning of favor, affection, love, etc.:
the conquest of Antony by Cleopatra.
3.
a person whose favor, affection, etc., has been won:
He's another one of her conquests.
4.
anything acquired by conquering, as a nation, a territory, or spoils.
5.
the Conquest, Norman Conquest.
Origin
1275-1325; Middle English conqueste < Anglo-French, Old French < Vulgar Latin *conquēsta (for Latin conquīsīta, feminine past participle of conquīrere). See con-, quest
Related forms
postconquest, adjective
reconquest, noun
self-conquest, noun
Synonyms
1. subjugation, defeat, mastery. See victory. 2. seduction, enchantment.
Antonyms
1. surrender.
Examples from the web for conquest
  • The conquest of urban disease in the developed world has been one of the great triumphs of the past two centuries.
  • War trophies are tangible symbols of conquest and may enrich their new owners.
  • It was a turning point, a conquest and a trial of strength the government could not afford to lose.
  • Any attempt at conquest would be over before it even started.
  • Its conquest deserves the best of all mankind, and its opportunity for peaceful cooperation many never come again.
  • The former is being displaced by the latter, a well-financed and shrewdly organized expedition bent on conquest.
  • Yet one of the lessons that shines through the book is that neither conquest nor economic might guarantees a language's survival.
  • The archaeologist says an invading army could have set fires to the monuments as a signature of their conquest.
  • Such benign innovations might provide a better option than military conquest.
  • It turned out that the moon landing wasn't the beginning of an inexorable, progressive conquest of space.
British Dictionary definitions for conquest

conquest

/ˈkɒnkwɛst; ˈkɒŋ-/
noun
1.
the act or an instance of conquering or the state of having been conquered; victory
2.
a person, thing, etc, that has been conquered or won
3.
the act or art of gaining a person's compliance, love, etc, by seduction or force of personality
4.
a person, whose compliance, love, etc, has been won over by seduction or force of personality
Word Origin
C13: from Old French conqueste, from Vulgar Latin conquēsta (unattested), from Latin conquīsīta, feminine past participle of conquīrere to seek out, procure; see conquer

Conquest

/ˈkɒnkwɛst; ˈkɒŋ-/
noun
1.
the Conquest, See Norman Conquest
2.
(Canadian) the Conquest, the conquest by the United Kingdom of French North America, ending in 1763
Word Origin and History for conquest
n.

early 14c., a merged word from Old French conquest "acquisition" (Modern French conquêt), and Old French conqueste "conquest, acquisition" (Modern French conquête), both from past participle of conquerre, from Vulgar Latin *conquaerere (see conquer).

Related Abbreviations for conquest

CONQUEST

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Encyclopedia Article for conquest

in international law, the acquisition of territory through force, especially by a victorious state in a war at the expense of a defeated state. An effective conquest takes place when physical appropriation of territory (annexation) is followed by "subjugation" (i.e., the legal process of transferring title)

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