Dictionary

vanquish en · VERB

Pronunciation

• [ˈvɛ̃ŋkʰw̥ɪʃ] (Canada, US)
• /ˈvæŋkwɪʃ/ without æ-raising
• /ˈveɪ̯ŋkwɪʃ/ (Canada, US)
• /ˈvɛ̃ŋkwɪʃ/ (Canada, US)
• [ˈvæŋkʰw̥ɪʃ] without æ-raising
• [ˈveɪ̯ŋkʰw̥ɪʃ] (Canada, US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English venquysshen, vaynquisshen, borrowed from a conjugated form of Old French veincre, from Latin vincō.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To defeat (someone); to overcome.
   • 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:
   • 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 Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 98, column 2:
   • They […] vanquished the rebels in all encounters. 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater:

Forms

Deriveds

vanquishment · vancomycin · vanquisher · vanquishable

Relateds

convince · evince · victor

Translations (54)

ru покори́ть (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · ckb بەزاندِن (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · de besiegen (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · oc vencir (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · ru покоря́ть (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · no nedkjempe (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · cs překonat (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · el καταβάλλω (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · la ēvincō (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · it vincere (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · fi voittaa (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · mi takapapa (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · ru преодолева́ть (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · tr yenmek (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · pt derrotar (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · ja やっつける (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · bg надвия (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · tr alt etmek (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · pt vencer (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · ru победи́ть (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · fi päihittää (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · sa जयति (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · cmn 消滅 /消灭 (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · it sconfiggere (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · ru преодоле́ть (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · ka გადალახვა (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · sh poraziti (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · sv övervinna (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · oc véncer (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · bn পরাভূত করা (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · pt superar (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · es vencer (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · sv besegra (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · nl overwinnen, verslaan (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · no overvinne (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · sh pobijediti (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · kw tryghi (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · ru побежда́ть (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · fr vaincre (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · bg надвивам (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · sa सहते (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · cs přemoci (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · cmn 征服 (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · fi kukistaa (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · bg побеждавам (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · sh potući (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · ja 倒す (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · bg победя (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · km ឈ្នះ (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · ka გამარჯვება (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · gl vencer (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · cs porazit (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · ka დაპყრობა (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome) · it sopraffare (to defeat (someone) — see also overcome)