vanquish

English

Etymology

From Middle English vaynquisshen, borrowed from a conjugated form of Old French vanquir, veincre, from Latin vincere.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvæŋkwɪʃ/
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Verb

vanquish (third-person singular simple present vanquishes, present participle vanquishing, simple past and past participle vanquished)

To defeat, to overcome.
- Clarendon
  They […] vanquished the rebels in all encounters.
- Atterbury
  This bold assertion has been fully vanquished in a late reply to the Bishop of Meaux's treatise.

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Translations

to defeat, to overcome

Chinese:
Mandarin: 征服 (zh) (zhēngfú), 消灭 (zh) (xiāomiè), 消滅 (zh) (xiāomiè)
Dutch: overwinnen, verslaan
Finnish: voittaa (fi), päihittää (fi), kukistaa (fi)
French: vaincre (fr)
Galician: vencer (gl)
German: besiegen (de)
Italian: sopraffare (it), sconfiggere (it), vincere (it)
Japanese: 倒す (taosu), やっつける (ja) (yattsukeru)
Khmer: ឈ្នះ (km) (cneah)

Latin: evinco
Maori: takapapa
Norwegian: nedkjempe, overvinne (no)
Occitan: véncer (oc), vencir (oc)
Portuguese: derrotar (pt), vencer (pt), superar (pt)
Russian: побежда́ть (ru) impf (pobeždátʹ), победи́ть (ru) pf (pobedítʹ), преодолева́ть (ru) impf (preodolevátʹ), преодоле́ть (ru) pf (preodolétʹ) (to overcome), покоря́ть (ru) impf (pokorjátʹ), покори́ть (ru) pf (pokorítʹ)
Spanish: vencer (es)
Swedish: besegra (sv), övervinna (sv)
Turkish: yenmek (tr), alt etmek (tr)

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