The Collaborative International Dictionary
Conquest \Con"quest\, n. [OF. conquest, conqueste, F. conqu[^e]te, LL. conquistum, conquista, prop. p. p. from L. conquirere. See Conquer.]
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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.
In joys of conquest he resigns his breath.
--Addison.Three years sufficed for the conquest of the country.
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That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.
Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?
--Shak. (Feudal Law) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
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The act of gaining or regaining by successful struggle; as, the conquest of liberty or peace.
The Conquest (Eng. Hist.), the subjugation of England by William of Normandy in 1066. The Norman Conquest.
Syn: Victory; triumph; mastery; reduction; subjugation; subjection.
Wikipedia
The Conquest is a television series based on the conflict between the states of Wu and Yue during the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history. The series was jointly produced by Hong Kong's TVB and mainland China's CCTV under executive producers Tommy Leung and Raymond Chai. It was renamed to Legend of the Heroic Duo for the mainland China release, where it aired two episodes every night on Zhejiang Satellite TV (ZJSTV) from 6 June to 28 June 2006, totalling 49 episodes. In Hong Kong, The Conquest aired five days a week on the TVB Jade network from 18 December 2006 to 10 February 2007, totalling 42 episodes.
Honfoglalás (AKA: The Conquest) is a 1996 Hungarian film about the Magyar settlement in Hungary in approximately AD 896.
This film was written by István Nemeskürty and directed by Gábor Koltay.
The Conquest may refer to:
- The Norman conquest of England in 1066
- The Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1519
- The Conquest of 1760, where England acquired parts of New France during the French and Indian War or Seven Years' War
- The Conquest (1996 film), a Hungarian film
- The Conquest (TV series), a Chinese historical drama that aired in 2006 and 2007
- The Conquest (2011 film), a French film
The Conquest or La conquête is a 2011 French Biographical film on Nicolas Sarkozy directed by Xavier Durringer.
Usage examples of "the conquest".
In the centuries since the conquest, however, it had been used as a quarry by builders from as far away as La Paz, with the result that only about ten per cent of its superb facing blocks now remained.
Edward Freeman in 1869, the doyen of comparatively modern writers on the conquest, misread the Carmen, apparently on purpose, to try to conceal that William took any part in the barbarous deed.
President Tyler observed after the annexation and the conquest of a third of Mexico.
The same monopoly power neutralized British opposition to the conquest of the Oregon territory.
The date of the conquest of Antioch by the Arabs is of some importance.
It is not surprising that the orator should diminish the numbers with which his sovereign achieved the conquest of Italy.