VANQUISH

v. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy. Hakluyt. They . . . Vanquished the rebels in all encounters. Clarendon.

2.
v.

Hence, to defeat in any contest; to get the better of; to put down; to refute. This bold assertion has been fully vanquished in a late reply to the Bishop of Meaux's treatise. Atterbury. For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still. Goldsmith.

3.
n.

A disease in sheep, in which they pine away. [Written also vinquish.]

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