- conquest
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Conquest — may refer to: Contents 1 History 2 Film and television 3 Music 4 … Wikipedia
ConQuesT — Status Active Genre Science fiction Venue Hyatt Regency Crown Center Location Kansas City, Missouri Country United States … Wikipedia
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,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Conquest — (engl. für Eroberung) bezeichnet den Originaltitel des Films Maria Walewska von Clarence Brown aus dem Jahr 1937 Conquest (Film), einen Film von Lucio Fulci aus dem Jahr 1983 zwei Flugzeugtypen des Herstellers Cessna (Conquest I und Conquest II)… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Conquest of Ai — Part of Conquest of Canaan Date c. 1400 B.C. Location Ai, Canaan (thought to be ruins at Et Tell) Result … Wikipedia
conquest — index subjection Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 conquest … Law dictionary
conquest — early 14c., a merged word from O.Fr. conquest acquisition (Mod.Fr. conquêt), and O.Fr. conqueste conquest, acquisition (Mod.Fr. conquête), both from pp. of conquerre, from V.L. *conquaerere (see CONQUER (Cf. conquer)) … Etymology dictionary
conquest — [käŋ′kwest΄, kän′kwest] n. [ME conqueste < OFr < ML conquestus < L conquisitus, pp. of conquirere] 1. the act or process of conquering 2. something conquered, esp. land taken in war 3. a) a winning of someone s affection or favor b) a… … English World dictionary
conquest — [n1] defeat, victory acquisition, annexation, appropriation, big win*, clean sweep*, conquering, coup, defeating, discomfiture, grand slam*, invasion, killing*, occupation, overthrow, rout, routing, score, splash*, subdual, subjection,… … New thesaurus
conquest — *victory, triumph Analogous words: subjugation, subdual, defeating or defeat, overthrowing or overthrow, routing or rout (see corresponding verbs [at CONQUER) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
conquest — Conquest, C est acquest, fait par aucun de son argent, labeur industrie et moyen, sans le tenir de succession de ses majeurs, Parta quaesitaque bona, non a maioribus haereditario iure profecta, Le contraire est Le propre … Thresor de la langue françoyse
