vanquish : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: vanquish	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for vanquish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vanquish v come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" Synonym(s): beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vanquish \Van"quish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vanquished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vanquishing}.] [OE. venquishen, venquissen, venkisen,F. vaincre, pret. vainquis, OF. veintre, pret. venqui, venquis (cf. an OF. infin. vainquir), fr. L. vincere; akin to AS. w[c6]g war, battle, w[c6]gant a warrior, w[c6]gan to fight, Icel. v[c6]g battle, Goth. weihan to fight, contend. Cf. {Convince}, {Evict}, {Invincible}, {Victor}.] 1. To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy. --Hakluyt. They . . . Vanquished the rebels in all encounters. --Clarendon. 2. Hence, to defeat in any contest; to get the better of; to put down; to refute. This bold assertion has been fully vanquished in a late reply to the Bishop of Meaux's treatise. --Atterbury. For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still. --Goldsmith. Syn: To conquer; surmount; overcome; confute; silence. See {Conquer}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vanquish \Van"quish\, n. (Far.) A disease in sheep, in which they pine away. [Written also {vinquish}.]