conquer
verbEtymology
From Middle English conqueren, from Old French conquerre, from Late Latin conquaerere (“to knock, strike; to search for, procure”), from Latin con- + quaerere (“to seek, acquire”). Displaced native Old English oferwinnan.
Definitions
To defeat in combat
To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
- I lay in the desert beyond all cities and sounds, and above me flowed the River of Silence through the sky; and on the desert’s edge night fought against the Sun, and suddenly conquered.
To acquire by force of arms, win in war
To acquire by force of arms, win in war; to become ruler of; to subjugate.
- In 1453, the Ottoman Empire conquered Constantinople.
- I haue beene wooed, as I intreat thee now, / Euen by the ſterne, and direfull God of warre, / VVhoſe ſinowie necke in battel nere did bow, / VVho conquers where he comes in euery iarre; […]
- We conquer'd France, but felt our captive's charms.
To overcome an abstract obstacle.
- Today I conquered my fear of flying by finally boarding a plane.
- to conquer difficulties or temptations
- By winning words to conquer willing hearts, / And make persuasion do the work of fear.
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To gain, win, or obtain by effort.
- to conquer freedom; to conquer a peace
The neighborhood
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Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at conquer. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at conquer. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
6 hops · closes at conquer
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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