vanquish

  • 11Vanquish — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Vanquish », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) En anglais, le verbe vanquish signifie… …

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  • 12Vanquish — Als Vanquish (vom Englischen für „besiegen“) steht für: einen Sportwagen von Aston Martin, siehe Aston Martin V12 Vanquish ein Computerspiel von Platinum Games, siehe Vanquish (Computerspiel) Diese Seite ist eine Begr …

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  • 13vanquish — UK [ˈvæŋkwɪʃ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms vanquish : present tense I/you/we/they vanquish he/she/it vanquishes present participle vanquishing past tense vanquished past participle vanquished literary to defeat someone or something… …

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  • 14vanquish — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English venquishen, from Anglo French venquis , preterit stem of veintre to conquer, from Latin vincere more at victor Date: 14th century 1. to overcome in battle ; subdue completely 2. to defeat in a conflict or …

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  • 15vanquish — vanquishable, adj. vanquisher, n. vanquishment, n. /vang kwish, van /, v.t. 1. to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle. 2. to defeat in any contest or conflict; be victorious over: to vanquish one s opponent in an argument. 3. to… …

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  • 16vanquish — verb Vanquish is used with these nouns as the object: ↑foe, ↑monster …

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  • 17vanquish — [14] Vanquish was adapted from vainquiss , the stem form of Old French vainquir ‘defeat’. This was derived from vaintre ‘defeat’, a descendant of Latin vincere ‘defeat’ (source also of English convince, invincible [15], victory, etc). =>… …

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  • 18vanquish — [[t]væ̱ŋkwɪʃ[/t]] vanquishes, vanquishing, vanquished VERB To vanquish someone means to defeat them completely in a battle or a competition. [LITERARY] [V n] A happy ending is only possible because the hero has first vanquished the dragons... [V… …

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  • 19vanquish — verb I promise you, we shall vanquish our enemy and reclaim what is rightfully ours Syn: conquer, defeat, beat, trounce, rout, triumph over, be victorious over, get the better of, worst, upset; overcome, overwhelm, overpower, overthrow, subdue,… …

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  • 20vanquish — van•quish [[t]ˈvæŋ kwɪʃ, ˈvæn [/t]] v. t. 1) to conquer by superior force, as in battle 2) to defeat in any contest or conflict 3) to overcome: to vanquish one s fears[/ex] • Etymology: 1300–50; ME vencuschen, venquisshen < OF vencus, ptp. and …

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