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con⋅quest

  [kon-kwest, kong-]
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–noun
1. the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
2. the winning of favor, affection, love, etc.: the conquest of Antony by Cleopatra.
3. a person whose favor, affection, etc., has been won: He's another one of her conquests.
4. anything acquired by conquering, as a nation, a territory, or spoils.
5. the Conquest. Norman Conquest.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME conqueste < AF, OF < VL *conquēsta (for L conquīsīta, fem. ptp. of conquīrere). See con-, quest

Synonyms:
1. subjugation, defeat, mastery. See victory. 2. seduction, enchantment.

Antonyms:
1. surrender.
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con·quest   (kŏn'kwěst', kŏng'-)   
n.  
  1. The act or process of conquering. See Synonyms at victory.
  2. Something, such as territory, acquired by conquering.
  3. One that has been captivated or overcome: The pianist made a conquest of every audience on the tour.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *conquaesīta, feminine past participle of *conquaerere, to conquer; see conquer.]
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Conquest

Con"quest\, n. [OF. conquest, conqueste, F. conqu[^e]te, LL. conquistum, conquista, prop. p. p. from L. conquirere. See Conquer.]

1. The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection; subjugation; victory.

In joys of conquest he resigns his breath. --Addison.

Three years sufficed for the conquest of the country. --Prescott.

2. That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.

Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home? --Shak.

3. (Feudal Law) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition. --Blackstone.

4. The act of gaining or regaining by successful struggle; as, the conquest of liberty or peace.

The Conquest (Eng. Hist.), the subjugation of England by William of Normandy in 1066.

Syn: Victory; triumph; mastery; reduction; subjugation; subjection.
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Language Translation for : conquest
Spanish: conquista,
German: die Eroberung,
Japanese: 征服
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conquest

in international law, the acquisition of territory through force, especially by a victorious state in a war at the expense of a defeated state. An effective conquest takes place when physical appropriation of territory (annexation) is followed by "subjugation" (i.e., the legal process of transferring title)

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