Definitions for conquer
ˈkɒŋ kərcon·quer

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb(verb)

   to put down by force or authority

   "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"

2. appropriate, capture, seize, conquer(verb)

   take possession of by force, as after an invasion

   "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle"

3. conquer(verb)

   overcome by conquest

   "conquer your fears"; "conquer a country"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. conquer(Verb)

   to defeat in combat; to subjugate

   In 1453, the Ottoman Empire conquered Istanbul.

   Etymology: From conquerre, from conquaerere, from con- + quaero.

2. conquer(Verb)

   to overcome an abstract obstacle

   Today I conquered my fear of flying by finally boarding a plane.

   Etymology: From conquerre, from conquaerere, from con- + quaero.

3. conquer(Verb)

   to gain, win, or obtain by effort

   Etymology: From conquerre, from conquaerere, from con- + quaero.

4. conquer(Verb)

   to acquire by force of arms, win in war

   Etymology: From conquerre, from conquaerere, from con- + quaero.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Conquer(verb)

   to gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to overcome by force of arms; to cause to yield; to vanquish

2. Conquer(verb)

   to subdue or overcome by mental or moral power; to surmount; as, to conquer difficulties, temptation, etc

3. Conquer(verb)

   to gain or obtain, overcoming obstacles in the way; to win; as, to conquer freedom; to conquer a peace

4. Conquer(verb)

   to gain the victory; to overcome; to prevail

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Conquer

   kong′kėr, v.t. to gain by force or with an effort: to overcome or vanquish.—v.i. to be victor.—adj. Con′querable, that may be conquered.—n. Con′querableness.—adj. Con′quering, victorious.—adv. Con′queringly.—ns. Con′queror, one who conquers: a victor:—fem. Con′queress; Con′quest, the act of conquering: that which is conquered or acquired by physical or moral force: the act of gaining the affections of another.—Make a conquest, to conquer.—The Conqueror, William I. of England (L. Conques′tor); The Conquest, the acquisition of the throne of England by William, Duke of Normandy, in 1066. [O. Fr. conquerre—L. conquirĕre,—con, inten., quærĕre, to seek.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. conquer

   To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue; to reduce, etc. To gain the victory; to overcome.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of conquer in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of conquer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of conquer in a Sentence

1. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in life who does not every day surmount a fear.

2. Seth Gross:

   If they can get through this, they can conquer their fear or, at least, (get to) eat it for a day.

3. Johann von Goethe:

   Rest not Life is sweeping by go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.

4. Sir Richard Francis Burton:

   Conquer thyself, till thou has done this, thou art but a slave for it is almost as well to be subjected to another's appetite as to thine own.

5. Dr. James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey:

   "You can play a tune of sorts on the white keys, and you can play a tune of sorts on the black keys, but for harmony, you must use both the black and the white." "Only the best is good enough for Africa." "When men are intellectually greater than others, we learn from their utterances; when they are morally better than others, we learn from their lives." "If I find a man scowling at me, I just smile back. He scowls again and I smile. I don't often find any scowl a third time." "I want to sing a song of hope to the despairing; to breathe the breath of love that will chase away all hating. I believe, that the right will ultimately conquer the wrong, virtue, harmony, take the place of discords." "I believe, the Lord must have had something else in store for me. Hence I have been doing my best, patiently waiting until He gets ready for me to go elsewhere: where He leads I'll follow." "The surest way to keep a people down is to educate the men and neglect the women. If you educate a man you simply educate an individual, but if you educate a woman you educate a family." "I am going to help lift my people not only religiously and educationally, but also economically, in trade, agriculture and commerce." "Remember, my brothers, to love and to work." "Be patient, don't lose heart, don't hate anybody, make yourselves worthy of good things and good things will come to you." "My people of Africa, we were created in the image of God, but men have made us think that we are chickens, and we still think we are; but we are eagles. Stretch forth your wings and fly! Don't be content with the food of chickens." "If anyone tells you that Africans cannot learn, do not believe him. Tell him that your brother Aggrey learnt something. Look at my hair and prove that I am one of you. Again, I say, love and work." "You can never beat prejudice by frontal attack. Always flank it. You can catch more flies with molasses than you can with vinegar." "I want all my people, my country women and men, to be educated in the larger sense in heart, hand and head and thus render Africa indispensible in intellectual, spiritual and commercial products of the world. https://sites.google.com/site/oaa1973akoras/home/founders/dr-aggrey-s-words

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