Meaning

verb to put down by force or authority

verb take possession of by force, as after an invasion

verb overcome by conquest

originFrom Middle English conqueren, from Old French conquerre, from Late Latin conquaerere (“to knock, strike; to search for, procure”), from Latin con- + quaerere (“to seek, acquire”). Displaced native Old English oferwinnan.

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