vanquish

Etymology

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

verb

  1. To defeat, to overcome.
    This bold assertion has been so fully vanquish'd in a late reply to the Bishop of Meaux's treatise. 1687, Francis Atterbury, An Answer to some Considerations, the Spirit of Martin Luther and the Original of the Reformation

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