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reconquest

reconquest noun: the act or process of conquering something again, such as a territory.

Noun

reconquest (countable and uncountable, plural reconquests)

  1. The act or process of conquering something again, such as a territory.
    • the reconquest of Spain
    • On the other hand, the nationalitarian phenomenon is one in which the struggle against the imperialist powers of occupation has as its object, beyond the clearing of the national territory, the independence and sovereignty of the national State, uprooting in depth the positions of the ex-colonial...1981, Anouar Abdel-Malek, Social Dialectics: Nation and Revolution, page 13

Verb

reconquest (third-person singular simple present reconquests, present participle reconquesting, simple past and past participle reconquested)

  1. (archaic, transitive) Synonym of reconquer.
    • Many excellente parſonages are condemned in Englande, beinge wholy reconqueſted to the Pope.1560 October 5 (Gregorian calendar), [Johannes] Sleidanus, translated by Ihon Daus, “The Argument of the xxv. Booke”, in A Famouse Cronicle of Oure Time, Called Sleidanes Commentaries, Concerning the...
    • The tables being taken vp, the Emperoꝛ pꝛaid the king of Theſſalie to retire himſelfe to the Queen his deare wife, ſéeing the time did then require to be a little together without any beholders to ſtand by. Whervnto he willingly accoꝛded, as well to gratifie him therein, as to quench the deſire...1596, “The Honest and Gratious Conference Had betweene Marcomyr, the Emperour, the Empresse, and Diocles: […]”, in The Deligtful History of Celestina the Faire. […], London: […] A[dam] I[slip] for...
    Synonyms:
    reconquer

Synonyms of reconquest

Forms of reconquest

Noun
pluralreconquests
Verb
third-person singular presentreconquests
present participlereconquesting
past participlereconquested
pastreconquested

Origin of reconquest

From re- + conquest (noun), probably after either the verb and reconquer, or Middle French reconquest, reconqueste (modern French reconquête).

From Middle English reconquesten, equivalent to re- + conquest (verb), after either Latin reconquestō or Middle French reconquester.

Questions about reconquest

What does reconquest mean?
Reconquest means the act or process of conquering something again, such as a territory.
What part of speech is reconquest?
Reconquest can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of reconquest?
The plural of reconquest is reconquests.

Words near reconquest in the dictionary

  1. reconquered
  2. reconquering
  3. reconqueror
  4. reconquerors
  5. reconquers
  6. reconquest
  7. reconquested
  8. reconquesting
  9. reconquests
  10. Reconquista
  11. reconquistador

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