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con⋅quest

[kon-kwest, kong-]
–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


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


1. surrender.
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