vanquishingn.
The action of overcoming or subduing.
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society > armed hostility > victory > [noun] > conquering or defeating
vanquishinga1325
conquestc1325
wainc1330
conqueringa1340
overcoming1340
conquest1384
expugnation1429
reduction1429
profligationc1475
debellation1526
defeating1536
conquessingc1550
conquesting1555
vanquishment1593
conquerment1597
eviction1602
reducement1609
debellatinga1626
debelling1651
triumphingc1850
lathering1865
a1325 Statutes of Realm in MS Rawl. B.520 f. 56 Þe coniunccion ne uaillez noȝt. so ase þe seisede mai repelen. ne þe venquissinge ne uailez noȝt bote ȝif hit were aioined þoru riȝt.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) xviii. 206 Quhen thai of Scotland had wittering Off schir Eduuardis wencussing.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 828 For dout of vincussing thay went nocht away.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Victoire Victorie, conquest, a subduing, or vanquishing.
1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ II. i Debellatio, a vanquishing, or overthrow.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
vanquishingadj.
That overcomes or conquers.
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society > armed hostility > victory > [adjective] > conquering or defeating
conquerous1571
vanquishing1611
conqueringa1616
victoring1624
conquerant1638
defeating1661
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Vainqueresse, a vanquishing or victorious woman.
1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 258 Such was the dread of his vanquishing army amongst the nations of the West.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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