vanquish

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  1. transitive verb To defeat or conquer in battle; subjugate.
  2. transitive verb To defeat in a contest, conflict, or competition.
  3. transitive verb 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.

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

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  1. from Middle English venquishen, venkisen, vencusen, from Old French veinquis-, stem of certain parts of venquir, veinquir (later Middle English venken, fenken), also veincre, vaincre, French vaincre = Provencal vencer, venser = Spanish Portuguese vencer = Italian vincere, from Latin vincere, conquer, vanquish. From the same Latin verb are ult. English victor, victory, convict, convince, evict, evince, vincible, invincible, etc.
  2. apparently from vanquish, v.
 

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/ˈvæŋkwɪʃ/
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