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vanquish

van·quish

UK/ˈvæŋkwɪʃ/ US/ˈvæŋkʰw̥ɪʃ/ uncommon

verb

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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”
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From Middle English venquysshen, vaynquisshen, borrowed from a conjugated form of Old French veincre, from Latin vincō.

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