vanquish

vanquish
    v 1: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict;
         "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat
         the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last
         football game" [syn: {beat}, {beat out}, {crush}, {shell},
         {trounce}, {vanquish}]
    

Vanquish \Van"quish\ (v[a^][ng]"kw[i^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Vanquished} (v[a^][ng]"kw[i^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Vanquishing}.] [OE. venquishen, venquissen, venkisen, F.
   vaincre, pret. vainquis, OF. veintre, pret. venqui, venquis
   (cf. an OF. infin. vainquir), fr. L. vincere; akin to AS.
   w[imac]g war, battle, w[imac]gend a warrior, w[imac]gan to
   contend, fight, OHG. w[imac]gant a warrior, w[imac]gan to
   fight, Icel. v[imac]g battle, Goth. weihan to fight, contend.
   Cf. {Convince}, {Evict}, {Invincible}, {Victor}.]
   1. To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.
      --Hakluyt.
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            They . . . vanquished the rebels in all encounters.
                                                  --Clarendon.
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   2. Hence, to defeat in any contest; to get the better of; to
      put down; to refute.
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            This bold assertion has been fully vanquished in a
            late reply to the Bishop of Meaux's treatise.
                                                  --Atterbury.
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            For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still.
                                                  --Goldsmith.
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   Syn: To conquer; surmount; overcome; confute; silence. See
        {Conquer}.
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Vanquish \Van"quish\, n. (Far.)
   A disease in sheep, in which they pine away. [Written also
   {vinquish}.]
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29 Moby Thesaurus words for "vanquish":
      bear down, beat down, bend, break, conquer, crush, defeat, fell,
      flatten, humble, master, overpower, override, overturn, prostrate,
      put down, quell, reduce, ride down, smash, subdue, subjugate,
      subvert, suppress, surmount, trample, trample down,
      trample underfoot, tread underfoot