Conquest

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  • noun. The act or process of conquering.
  • noun. Something, such as territory, acquired by conquering.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A person or group whose affection or admiration has been gained.
  • noun. A person who has been seduced by another.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To conquer.
  • noun. The act of conquering; the act of overcoming or vanquishing opposition by force of any kind, but especially by force of arms; victory.
  • noun. The act of acquiring or gaining control of by force; acquisition by military or other conflict; subjugation by any means; as, the conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great; the conquest of a nation's liberties, or of one's passions.
  • noun. Specifically— The act of gaining or captivating the affections or favor of another or others.
  • noun. That which is conquered; a possession gained by force, physical or moral.
  • noun. In feudal law, acquest; acquisition; the acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance, or the acquisition of property by a number in community or by one for all the others.
  • noun. In Scots law, heritable property acquired in any other way than by heritage, as by purchase, donation, etc.; or, with reference to a marriage contract, heritable property subsequently acquired.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.
  • noun. The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
  • noun. The act of gaining or regaining by successful struggle.
  • noun. the subjugation of England by William of Normandy in 1066. The Norman Conquest.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Victory gained through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.
  • noun. An act or instance of overcoming an obstacle.
  • noun. A person with whom one has had sex.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. success in mastering something difficult
  • noun. the act of conquering
  • noun. an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone
  • Word Usage
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