Definition of conquest

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Conquest (n.) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.

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Invade :: Invade (v. t.) To enter with hostile intentions; to enter with a view to conquest or plunder; to make an irruption into; to attack; as, the Romans invaded Great Britain..
Anglo-saxon :: Anglo-Saxon (n.) The language of the English people before the Conquest (sometimes called Old English). See Saxon.
Dey :: Dey (n.) The governor of Algiers; -- so called before the French conquest in 1830.
Witenagemote :: Witenagemote (n.) A meeting of wise men; the national council, or legislature, of England in the days of the Anglo-Saxons, before the Norman Conquest..
Accadian :: Accadian (a.) Pertaining to a race supposed to have lived in Babylonia before the Assyrian conquest.
Tartarize :: Tartarize (v. t.) To cause to resemble the Tartars and their civilization, as by conquest..
Politics :: Politics (n.) The science of government; that part of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a nation or state, the preservation of its safety, peace, and prosperity, the defense of its existence and rights against foreign control or conquest, the augmentation of its strength and resources, and the protection of its citizens in their rights, with the preservation and improvement of their morals..
Plan :: Plan (v. t.) To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country..
Reconquer :: Reconquer (v. t.) To conquer again; to recover by conquest; as, to reconquer a revolted province..
Panislamism :: Panislamism (n.) A desire or plan for the union of all Mohammedan nations for the conquest of the world.
Triumph :: Triumph (n.) Success causing exultation; victory; conquest; as, the triumph of knowledge..
Expugnation :: Expugnation (n.) The act of taking by assault; conquest.
Long :: Long (adv.) At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior; as, not long before; not long after; long before the foundation of Rome; long after the Conquest..
Conquest :: Conquest (n.) The act of gaining or regaining by successful struggle; as, the conquest of liberty or peace..
Fraudulent :: Fraudulent (a.) Obtained or performed by artifice; as, fraudulent conquest..
Victory :: Victory (n.) The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or competition; conquest; triumph; -- the opposite of defeat..
Reconquest :: Reconquest (n.) A second conquest.
Conquest :: Conquest (n.) The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection; subjugation; victory..
Thane :: Thane (n.) A dignitary under the Anglo-Saxons and Danes in England. Of these there were two orders, the king's thanes, who attended the kings in their courts and held lands immediately of them, and the ordinary thanes, who were lords of manors and who had particular jurisdiction within their limits. After the Conquest, this title was disused, and baron took its place..
Aztec :: Aztec (a.) Of or relating to one of the early races in Mexico that inhabited the great plateau of that country at the time of the Spanish conquest in 1519.
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