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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

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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