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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VAN'QUISH, v.t. [L. vinco, vincio, to bind.]
1. To conquer; to overcome; to subdue in battle; as an enemy.
They vanquished the rebels in all encounters.
2. To defeat in any contest; to refute in argument.
VAN'QUISH, n. A disease in sheep, in which they pine away.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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1: 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" [syn: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish]

Merriam Webster's

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 contest 3. to gain mastery over (an emotion, passion, or temptation) <vanquish your fear> Synonyms: see conquer • vanquishable adjective • vanquisher noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. literary conquer or overcome. Derivatives: vanquishable adj. vanquisher n. Etymology: ME venkus, -quis, etc., f. OF vencus past part. and venquis past tenses of veintre f. L vincere: assim. to -ISH(2)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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[=i]g war, battle, w[=i]gant a warrior, w[=i]gan to fight, Icel. v[=i]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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Vanquish Van"quish, n. (Far.) A disease in sheep, in which they pine away. [Written also vinquish.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(vanquishes, vanquishing, vanquished) To vanquish someone means to defeat them completely in a battle or a competition. (LITERARY) A happy ending is only possible because the hero has first vanquished the dragons... = overcome VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Conquer, defeat, overcome, subdue, subjugate, overpower, overthrow. 2. Overpower, overbear, master, crush, worst, rout, discomfit, foil, quell, put down, get the upper hand of, get the better of. 3. Confute, disprove, silence, confound.

Moby Thesaurus

bear down, beat down, bend, break, conquer, crush, defeat, fell, flatten, humble, master, overpower, override, overturn, prostrate, put down, quell, reduce, ride down, smash, subdue, subjugate, subvert, suppress, surmount, trample, trample down, trample underfoot, tread underfoot