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Definition of Conquest

Conquest
Conquest Con"quest, n. [OF. conquest, conqueste, F. conqu[^e]te, LL. conquistum, conquista, prop. p. p. from L. conquirere. See Conquer.] 1. 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. --Prescott. 2. That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral. Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home? --Shak. 3. (Feudal Law) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition. --Blackstone. 4. 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.

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- Conquest is the act of military subjugation of an enemy by force of arms. Military history provides many examples of conquest: the Roman conquest of Britain...
- CONQUEST is a linear scaling, or O(N), density functional theory (DFT) electronic structure open-source code. The code is designed to perform DFT calculations...
- The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, French, Flemish...
- 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...
- ConQuesT is the annual science fiction and fantasy convention held in the Kansas City, Missouri area over the U. S. Memorial Day w****end. It is sponsored...
- Muslim conquests, Muslim invasions, Islamic conquests, Arab conquest, or Arab Islamic conquest, may refer to: Early Muslim conquests Muslim conquests in the...
- Conquest 1991, p. 216. Service 2004, p. 386. Conquest 1991, p. 217. Conquest 1991, p. 176; Montefiore 2003, p. 116; Service 2004, p. 340. Conquest 1991...
- Muslim conquests or early Islamic conquests (Arabic: الْفُتُوحَاتُ الإسْلَامِيَّة al-****ūḥāt al-ʾIslāmiyya), also known as the Arab conquests, were initiated...
- George Robert Acworth Conquest CMG OBE FBA FRSL (15 July 1917 – 3 August 2015) was a British-American historian, poet, and novelist. He was briefly a member...
- The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, also known as the Conquest of Mexico, the Spanish-Aztec War (1519–1521), or the Conquest of Tenochtitlan was...