Definition of conquest

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Conquest (n.) The act of gaining or regaining by successful struggle; as, the conquest of liberty or peace..

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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.
Anglo-saxon :: Anglo-Saxon (n.) The language of the English people before the Conquest (sometimes called Old English). See Saxon.
Panislamism :: Panislamism (n.) A desire or plan for the union of all Mohammedan nations for the conquest of the world.
Anglo-saxon :: Anglo-Saxon (n.) The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest..
Trophy :: Trophy (n.) Any evidence or memorial of victory or conquest; as, every redeemed soul is a trophy of grace..
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..
Expugnation :: Expugnation (n.) The act of taking by assault; conquest.
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..
Tartarize :: Tartarize (v. t.) To cause to resemble the Tartars and their civilization, as by conquest..
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..
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..
Triumph :: Triumph (n.) Success causing exultation; victory; conquest; as, the triumph of knowledge..
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..
Inca :: Inca (n.) An emperor or monarch of Peru before, or at the time of, the Spanish conquest; any member of this royal dynasty, reputed to have been descendants of the sun..
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..
Accadian :: Accadian (a.) Pertaining to a race supposed to have lived in Babylonia before the Assyrian conquest.
Reconquer :: Reconquer (v. t.) To conquer again; to recover by conquest; as, to reconquer a revolted province..
Conquest :: Conquest (n.) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
Reduction :: Reduction (n.) The act of reducing, or state of being reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest; as, the reduction of a body to powder; the reduction of things to order; the reduction of the expenses of government; the reduction of a rebellious province..
Dey :: Dey (n.) The governor of Algiers; -- so called before the French conquest in 1830.
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