VANQUISH


Meaning of VANQUISH in English

v.tr. literary conquer or overcome. vanquishable adj. vanquisher n.

[ ME venkus, -quis, etc., f. OF vencus past part. and venquis past tenses of veintre f. L vincere: assim. to -ISH(2) ]

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