Word of the Day:
vanquish
What It Means
Vanquish in Context
“This bold assertion has been so fully vanquish'd in a late reply to the Bishop of Meaux's treatise.”
Did You Know?
From Middle English venquysshen, vaynquisshen, borrowed from a conjugated form of Old French veincre, from Latin vincō.
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