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conquest(1) (iou)



conquest noun. ME.
[Old French conquest(e) (mod. conquete), repr. use as noun of neut. and fem. of Proto-Romance pa. pple of CONQUER verb.]
The action or an act of gaining by force of arms; military subjugation (of a country etc.). ME.
the Norman Conquest, the Conquest the acquisition of the English crown by William of Normandy in 1066.
Hobbes Conquest..is the Acquiring of the Right of Soveraignty by Victory.
The action or an act of overcoming by force or by an effort of will; mastery; (a) winning of a person's affections or sexual favours; (a) successful climbing to the top of a mountain. ME.
Shakespeare 3 Henry VI I must yield..by my fall, the conquest to my foe. W. S. Maugham When he made the customary advances he discovered to his relief, for he was not a man who considered that resistance added a flavour to conquest, that she was no prude. Aldous Huxley The so-called 'conquest of space'.
Something acquired by force of arms; esp. conquered territory; fig. a person whose affections or sexual favours have been won. ME.
Shakespeare Julius Caesar What conquest brings he home? What tributaries follow him to Rome. G. Santayana Young boys..look for some easy conquest among..country wenches.
Scots Law. (The acquisition of) property gained otherwise than by inheritance. obsolete exc. Hist. LME.