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vanquish

Flag: gbEnglishOxford Dictionary of English
vanquish /ˈvaŋkwɪʃ /
▸ verb [with object] literary defeat thoroughly:
he successfully vanquished his rival.
– DERIVATIVES
vanquishable /ˈvaŋkwɪʃəbl / adjective
– ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French vencus, venquis (past participle and past tense of veintre), vainquiss- (lengthened stem of vainquir), from Latin vincere ‘conquer’.