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Meanings of conquest in English

Portuguese
conquista
Catalan
subjugació
Spanish
sometimiento

The act of conquering.

        conquista
        Portuguese
        conquista
        Catalan
        conquesta
        Spanish
        conquista

        An act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone.

              conquista
              Usage of conquest in English
              1
              The greatest power in the world is shown in conquest over self.
              Little Masterpieces of Autobiography: Actors
              2
              The Turkish conquest crushed the Serbs and the Albanians grew in power.
              Twenty Years of Balkan Tangle
              3
              Labor could conquer all things, and custom sweeten them in the conquest.
              The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Volume 07
              4
              In the reign of Henry II, the conquest of Ireland was begun.
              An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England
              5
              Others preferred to isolate the city and continue the conquest of Persia.
              Julian
              6
              The adventure had all the thrill of a new conquest in it.
              K
              7
              He looked for the new sensation, the new conquest, and found nothing.
              A reliable wife
              8
              The conquest and demolition of Vliessingen in August was the only result.
              Germany from the Earliest Period, Volume 4
              9
              Settlement began; the conquest of the wilderness entered on its first stage.
              Through the Brazilian Wilderness
              10
              This is an immense means of power; the moral conquest of Germany.
              Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire
              11
              It blew upon them in cruel menace of conquest, in piercing inclemency.
              The March of the White Guard
              12
              Thus ended the second act in this drama of conquest and re-conquest.
              Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 04 (of 15), English
              13
              The First Consul could not forget his cherished conquest in the East.
              Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 05
              14
              The conquest and settlement of the island of Cuba by Diego Velasquez.
              A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
              15
              Certainly even Caesar would not have found the Parthians an easy conquest.
              The Memoirs of Cleopatra
              16
              The wild chase is our trade; battle and conquest our chief occupation.
              Chinese Literature / Comprising the Analects of Confucius, the S...
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