conquer
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English conqueren, from Old French conquerre, from Late Latin conquaerere (“to knock, strike; to search for, procure”), from Latin con- + quaerere (“to seek, acquire”). Displaced native Old English oferwinnan.
Inflected forms:
form: conquers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: conquering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: conquered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: conquered
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: conquer
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: conquer
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: conquered
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: conquer
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: conquerest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: conquered
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: conqueredst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: conquers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: conquereth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: conquered
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: conquer
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: conquered
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: conquer
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: conquered
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: conquer
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: conquering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: conquered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: conquere
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: conquire
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
pos: verb
examples: I lay in the desert beyond all cities and sounds, and above me flowed the River of Silence through the sky; and on the desert’s edge night fought against the Sun, and suddenly conquered.
gloss: To acquire by force of arms, win in war; to become ruler of; to subjugate.
pos: verb
examples: In 1453, the Ottoman Empire conquered Constantinople.
I haue beene wooed, as I intreat thee now, / Euen by the ſterne, and direfull God of warre, / VVhoſe ſinowie necke in battel nere did bow, / VVho conquers where he comes in euery iarre; […]
We conquer'd France, but felt our captive's charms.
"Look at Clive - just a clerk, and he conquered India!"
Taiwan's interests and Hong Kong's political and economic future are best served by close ties between their friends in the West and Beijing. For example, the fact that the PRC must choose between using force to conquer Taiwan and forfeiting its relationship with the United States is the best guarantee of Taipei's security.
gloss: To overcome an abstract obstacle.
pos: verb
examples: Today I conquered my fear of flying by finally boarding a plane.
to conquer difficulties or temptations
By winning words to conquer willing hearts, / And make persuasion do the work of fear.
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.
There are few sights that leave a railway lover more wistful than a desolate railway viaduct no longer carrying tracks. As with tunnels, so much effort was made to conquer the landscape, yet so many now stand forlorn.
gloss: To gain, win, or obtain by effort.
pos: verb
tags: dated
examples: to conquer freedom; to conquer a peace
Related words: conquest
Derived words: all-conquering
conquerable
conqueree
conquerer
conqueress
conqueringly
conquerment
conqueror
conquest
divide and conquer
love conquers all
preconquer
reconquer
unconquerable
unconquered
unconquering
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