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Vanquished
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van·quish       (vāng'kwĭsh, vān'-)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   van·quished, van·quish·ing, van·quish·es
    1. To defeat or conquer in battle; subjugate.
    2. To defeat in a contest, conflict, or competition.
  2. To overcome or subdue (an emotion, for example); suppress: "She had had to wrench herself forcibly away from Katharine, and every step vanquished her desire" (Virginia Woolf). See Synonyms at defeat.


[Middle English vaynquisshen, from Old French vainquir, vainquiss-, from Latin vincere; see weik-3 in Indo-European roots.]

van'quish·a·ble adj., van'quish·er n., van'quish·ment n.
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