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Conquest   /kˈɑŋkwɛst/   Listen
Conquest

noun
1.
The act of conquering.  Synonyms: conquering, subjection, subjugation.
2.
Success in mastering something difficult.
3.
An act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone.  Synonym: seduction.



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"Conquest" Quotes from Famous Books



... Pleaders, who for Conquest at the Bar Contend as Fierce and Loud as Chiefs in War; Would you Amaze and Charm the list'ning Court? First to this Spring of Eloquence resort: Then boldly launch on Tully's flowing Seas, And grasp the ...
— The Little Tea Book • Arthur Gray
... is not always sufficient for the hunter to find game and to reach it. If the game is of large size it may be able to hold its own, and the pursuit may end in a violent struggle, in which both skill and cunning are necessary to obtain conquest. ...
— The Industries of Animals • Frederic Houssay
... her the fate he must expect. There he sees everything ready for what he fears; he sees the unworthy rival whom the caprice of a father opposes to the tenderness of his love; he sees that ridiculous rival triumphant near the lovely shepherdess, as if already assured of his conquest. Such a sight fills him with a wrath he can hardly master. He looks despairingly at her whom he adores, but the respect he has for her and the presence of her father prevent him from speaking except with his eyes. At last he breaks ...
— The Imaginary Invalid - Le Malade Imaginaire • Moliere
... receives no credit for it. No man ever missed a greater opportunity. He was brought face to face with the two greatest world-civilizations of history; but, understanding neither, he remains only a muddy place in the road along which Greek and Hebrew passed to world-conquest. Haman, a blend of vanity and cruelty and cowardice but not without some power of initiative, was a fit minister for his king. He lives in history as one who, better than in Hamlet's illustration, was "hoist with his own petard," the petard in his case being a ...
— Short Stories Old and New • Selected and Edited by C. Alphonso Smith
... European immigration to North America has been so prolonged and abundant that it constitutes the particular phenomenon that most deserves attention. Other nations have fought wars to secure additional territory for their people; the immigrant occupation of America has been a peaceful conquest. ...
— Society - Its Origin and Development • Henry Kalloch Rowe


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