conquest

n.

1. The act or process of conquering. See synonyms at victory.
2. Something, such as territory, acquired by conquering.
3. One that has been captivated or overcome: The pianist made a conquest of every audience on the tour.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *conquaesīta, feminine past participle of *conquaerere, to conquer. See conquer.]

noun

The act of conquering: triumph, victory, win. See win/lose/recovery.

n

Definition: defeat, victory
Antonyms: failure, forfeit, loss, surrender, yielding

n

Definition: prize
Antonyms: loss

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

A term used in feudal law to designate land acquisition by purchase; or any method other than descent or inheritance by which an individual obtains ownership of an estate. A term used in international law for the process whereby a sovereign nation is, by force of arms, made to submit to another nation; the defeated country thus becomes part of the empire of the conqueror.

Quotes:

"Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world." - Walter Bagehot

"We are a conquering race. We must obey our blood and occupy new markets and if necessary new lands." - Albert J. Beveridge

"In our own time we have seen domination spread over the social landscape to a point where it is beyond all human control. Compared to this stupendous mobilization of materials, of wealth, of human intellect, of human labor for the single goal of domination, all other recent human achievements pale to almost trivial significance. Our art, science, medicine, literature, music and charitable acts seem like mere droppings from a table on which gory feasts on the spoils of conquest have engaged the attention of a system whose appetite for rule is utterly unrestrained." - Murray Bookchin

"Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes assail." - John Dryden

"The desire to conquer is itself a sort of subjection." - George Eliot

"I have tamed men of iron in my day, shall I not easily crush these men of butter?" - Duke of Alba Ferdinand Alvarez De Toledo

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - erobring, sejr, erobret område

Nederlands (Dutch)
verovering, overweldiging, het bereiken van de top (van de berg), het/de veroverde

Français (French)
n. - conquête, éradication, terre conquise, (fig) conquête (hum)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Eroberung, Sieg

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κατάκτηση

Italiano (Italian)
conquista

Português (Portuguese)
n. - conquista (f)

Русский (Russian)
завоевание, покорение

Español (Spanish)
n. - conquista, invasión

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - erövring

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
战胜, 战利品, 征服

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 戰勝, 戰利品, 征服

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 정복 , 획득, 정복하여 얻은 물건

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 征服, 獲得, 征服により得たもの, ノルマン征服

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فتح, فتوح, نصر, انتصار, استيلاء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כיבוש, אדמה כבושה‬

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