vanquish  /v'æŋkwɪʃ/

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  vanquish
  (vt.)打敗,征服,克服

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Vanquish \Van"quish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vanquished}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Vanquishing}.] [OE. venquishen, venquissen,
     venkisen,F. vaincre, pret. vainquis, OF. veintre, pret.
     venqui, venquis (cf. an OF. infin. vainquir), fr. L. vincere;
     akin to AS. w[=i]g war, battle, w[=i]gant a warrior, w[=i]gan
     to fight, Icel. v[=i]g battle, Goth. weihan to fight,
     contend. Cf. {Convince}, {Evict}, {Invincible}, {Victor}.]
     1. To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.
        --Hakluyt.
  
              They . . . Vanquished the rebels in all encounters.
                                                    --Clarendon.
  
     2. Hence, to defeat in any contest; to get the better of; to
        put down; to refute.
  
              This bold assertion has been fully vanquished in a
              late reply to the Bishop of Meaux's treatise.
                                                    --Atterbury.
  
              For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still.
                                                    --Goldsmith.
  
     Syn: To conquer; surmount; overcome; confute; silence. See
          {Conquer}.

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Vanquish \Van"quish\, n. (Far.)
     A disease in sheep, in which they pine away. [Written also
     {vinquish}.]

資料來源(4): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  vanquish
       v : come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi
           beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the
           competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football
           game" [syn: {beat}, {beat out}, {crush}, {shell}, {trounce}]