vanquish
Syllables: van·quish/ˈvæŋkwɪʃ//ˈveɪ̯ŋkwɪʃ/
vanquish verb: to defeat (someone); to overcome.
Verb
vanquish (third-person singular simple present vanquishes, present participle vanquishing, simple past and past participle vanquished)
- To defeat (someone); to overcome.
- In ſingle Combat thou ſhalt buckle vvith me; / And if thou vanquiſheſt, thy vvords are true, / Othervviſe I renounce all confidence.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- This bold assertion has been so fully vanquish'd in a late reply to the Bishop of Meaux's treatise.1687, Francis Atterbury, An Answer to Some Considerations on the Spirit of Martin Luther and the Original of the Reformation; […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [Sheldonian] Theater, →OCLC
vanquish meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
vanquish in Tamil
- முறியடி, வென்றடக்கு, வெற்றிகொள்
vanquish in Urdu
- غالب آنا, ہرا دینا, پسپا کرنا
vanquish in Bengali
- to defeat (someone) — see also overcome
- পরাভূত করা porabhut kora
vanquish in Malayalam
- തോല്പിക്കുക, അടിച്ചമർത്തുക, വിജയിയാകുക, കീഴടക്കുക
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- vanquish in Kannada
- ಸೋಲಿಸು, ಪೂರ್ಣಪರಾಭವಗೊಳಿಸು, ಗೆಲ್ಲು, ಜಯಿಸು
- vanquish in Gujarati
- હણવું haṇvũ
- vanquish in Sanskrit
- जयति jayati, सहते sahate
Examples of vanquish in a sentence
- "Aspheterism" would vanquish materialism and help raise a generation of children untainted by corrupt values.
- I have no choice but to take up the foil once again and vanquish this rake.
- Wolfe saw himself in this bardlike role, vanquishing death and oblivion with timeless words.
Forms of vanquish
| third-person singular present | vanquishes |
|---|---|
| present participle | vanquishing |
| past participle | vanquished |
| past | vanquished |
Origin of vanquish
From Middle English venquysshen, vaynquisshen, borrowed from a conjugated form of Old French veincre, from Latin vincō.
Words formed from vanquish
Questions about vanquish
- What does vanquish mean?
- Vanquish means to defeat (someone); to overcome.
- What is vanquish in Tamil?
- Vanquish in Tamil is முறியடி, வென்றடக்கு, வெற்றிகொள். See Vanquish meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is vanquish?
- Vanquish is a verb.
- How do you pronounce vanquish?
- Vanquish is pronounced /ˈvæŋkwɪʃ/.
- What is the past tense of vanquish?
- The past tense of vanquish is vanquished.
Words near vanquish in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: vanquish (page history and authors); vanquish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vanquish (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vanquish (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vanquish (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); હણવું (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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