Conquer

  • 11Conquer — Nom porté dans le Morbihan. Variante : Conqueur. Sens incertain. Le rapprochement avec la ville du Conquet (Konk en breton) semble douteux. A. Deshayes (voir bibliographie) signale que Dom Le Pelletier avait noté le mot conk , proposant entre… …

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  • 12conquer — ► VERB 1) overcome and take control of by military force. 2) successfully overcome (a problem) or climb (a mountain). DERIVATIVES conquerable adjective conqueror noun. ORIGIN Latin conquirere gain, win …

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  • 13conquer — 01. England was [conquered] by France in 1066 and ruled by French kings for 300 years thereafter. 02. Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first men to [conquer] Mount Everest. 03. Emma fought to [conquer] her fear of flying so that she …

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  • 14conquer — conquerable, adj. conquerableness, n. conqueringly, adv. /kong keuhr/, v.t. 1. to acquire by force of arms; win in war: to conquer a foreign land. 2. to overcome by force; subdue: to conquer an enemy. 3. to gain, win, or obtain by effort,… …

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  • 15conquer — con|quer [ˈkɔŋkə US ˈka:ŋkər] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: conquerre, from Latin conquirere to look for, collect , from com ( COM ) + quaerere to ask, search ] 1.) [I and T] to get control of a country by fighting ▪ The Normans… …

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  • 16conquer — verb (conquered; conquering) Etymology: Middle English, to acquire, conquer, from Anglo French conquerre, from Vulgar Latin *conquaerere, alteration of Latin conquirere to search for, collect, from com + quaerere to ask, search Date: 14th century …

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  • 17conquer — verb 1 (I, T) to take land by attacking people or win it by fighting a war: The Normans conquered England in 1066. 2 (I, T) to defeat an enemy: The Zulus conquered all the neighbouring tribes. 3 (T) to gain control over something that is… …

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  • 18conquer — [[t]kɒ̱ŋkə(r)[/t]] conquers, conquering, conquered 1) VERB If one country or group of people conquers another, they take complete control of their land. [V n] During 1936, Mussolini conquered Abyssinia... Early in the eleventh century the whole… …

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  • 19conquer */ — UK [ˈkɒŋkə(r)] / US [ˈkɑŋkər] verb Word forms conquer : present tense I/you/we/they conquer he/she/it conquers present participle conquering past tense conquered past participle conquered 1) [intransitive/transitive] to take control of land or… …

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  • 20conquer — con•quer [[t]ˈkɒŋ kər[/t]] v. t. 1) to acquire by force of arms; win in war: to conquer a foreign land[/ex] 2) to overcome by force; subdue; vanquish: to conquer an enemy[/ex] 3) to gain or win by effort, personal appeal, etc.: conquered the… …

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