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verb

Vanquish v. t. (past & past part. vanquished; pres. part. vanquishing)

To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy. "They... vanquished the rebels in all encounters."

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." "For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still."

Synonyms: To conquer; surmount; overcome; confute; silence. See Conquer.

noun

Vanquish n. (Written also vinquish) (Far.) A disease in sheep, in which they pine away.

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"Vanquish" Quotes from Famous Books

... of the chafed wild boar, With nails and teeth the wounded horse he tore, Now to the floor he brought the stubborn beast; Now o'er the vanquish'd horse that dared rebel, Most Indian-like the monarch gave a yell, Pleased on the quadruped his eyes to feast; Blessed as Achilles when with fatal wound He brought the mighty ...

— The Humourous Poetry of the English Language • James Parton

... with what weapon is the ironclad going to vanquish these torpedo rams? Guns cannot hit her when moving at speed; she is proof against machine guns, and, being smaller, handier, and faster than most ironclads, should have a better chance with her ram, the more especially as it is provided with a weapon which has been scores of times ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885 • Various

... gay. The best of Brahmans praised the fare Of countless sorts, of flavour rare: And thus to Raghu's son they cried: "We bless thee, and are satisfied." Between the rites some Brahmans spent The time in learned argument, With ready flow of speech, sedate, And keen to vanquish in debate.(95) There day by day the holy train Performed all rites as rules ordain. No priest in all that host was found But kept the vows that held him bound: None, but the holy Vedas knew, And all their six-fold science(96) ...

— The Ramayana • VALMIKI

... of the people, and boldly to direct them towards the desired point. To accomplish such a task YOUR FIBRE SHOULD RESPOND TO THAT OF THE PEOPLE, as the Emperor said; you should feel like it, your interests should be so intimately raised with its own, that you should vanquish or ...

— The Paris Sketch Book Of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh • William Makepeace Thackeray

... the Apologia. If he sometimes seemed to skin his enemies alive, it was because he himself lacked a skin. In this sense his Apologia is a triumph far beyond the ephemeral charge on which it was founded; in this sense he does indeed (to use his own expression) vanquish not his accuser but his judges. Many men would shrink from recording all their cold fits and hesitations and prolonged inconsistencies: I am sure it was the breath of life to Newman to confess them, now that he had done with them for ever. His Lectures on the Present ...

— The Victorian Age in Literature • G. K. Chesterton

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