different between conquer vs quash

English

Alternative forms

• conquire (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English conqueren, from Old French conquerre, from Late Latin conquaerere (“to knock, strike; to search for, procure”), from Latin con- + quaerere (“to seek, acquire”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??k?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??k?/
• Hyphenation: con?quer
• Rhymes: -??k?(?)
• Homophone: conker

Verb

conquer (third-person singular simple present conquers, present participle conquering, simple past and past participle conquered)

1. To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
2. To acquire by force of arms, win in war; to become ruler of; to subjugate.
   • 1714, Alexander Pope, Imitation of Horace, Book II. Sat. 6

     We conquer'd France, but felt our captive's charms.
3. To overcome an abstract obstacle.
4. (dated) To gain, win, or obtain by effort.

Derived terms

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English quaschen, quasshen, cwessen, quassen, from Old French quasser, from Latin quass?re, present active infinitive of quass?, under the influence of cass? (“I annul”), from Latin quati? (“I shake”), from Proto-Indo-European *k?eh?t- (“to shake”) (same root for the English words: pasta, paste, pastiche, pastry). Cognate with Spanish quejar (“to complain”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kw??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kw??/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /kw??/
• Rhymes: -??

Verb

quash (third-person singular simple present quashes, present participle quashing, simple past and past participle quashed)

1. To defeat decisively.
   • a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of Contentment (sermon)

     Contrition is apt to quash or allay all worldly grief.
2. (obsolete) To crush or dash to pieces.
   • 1645, Edmund Waller, The Battle Of The Summer Islands

     The whales / Against sharp rocks, like reeling vessels, quashed, / Though huge as mountains, are in pieces dashed.

3. (law) To void or suppress (a subpoena, decision, etc.).

Related terms

• cask
• casket
• concussion
• discuss, discussion
• fracas
• percussion
• rescue
• squash

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Anagrams

• huqas