Translation
to conquer
Word origin
From Latin conquirere, con- 'thoroughly' plus quaerere 'to seek', by way of Old French conquerre. Quaerere is a busy root: it also stands behind question, inquiry, require and quest.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- conquirere
- English cognates
- conquer, quest, require
Examples
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The army conquered the town in a single night.
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Nobody has ever conquered that high mountain.
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He wanted to conquer the world with words, not with weapons.
takes territory, and it takes it and keeps it. Venki is winning the encounter - a battle, a game, an argument - and says nothing about what happens next. You can an army in the morning and fail to the country at all.
The figurative use is as free as in English: publikon, . The conqueror is a konkeranto and the whole business is konkero.
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