different between vanquish vs unvanquishable

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?væ?kw??/

Verb

vanquish (third-person singular simple present vanquishes, present participle vanquishing, simple past and past participle vanquished)

1. To defeat, to overcome.
   • 1687, Francis Atterbury, An Answer to some Considerations, the Spirit of Martin Luther and the Original of the Reformation

     This bold assertion has been so fully vanquish'd in a late reply to the Bishop of Meaux's treatise.

Related terms

• convince
• evince
• victor

Translations

English

Etymology

From un- +? vanquishable.

Adjective

unvanquishable (comparative more unvanquishable, superlative most unvanquishable)

1. That cannot be vanquished; undefeatable, inconquerable.
   • 1662, Thomas Stanley, The History of the Chaldaick Philosophy, Thomas Dring, page 52:

     [...] if a man shall give his mind to these [i.e. stones, and herbs, and charms], he shall not only render his soul unvanquishable by passions, but shall also preserve his body the better in health: [etc.]

   Antonym: vanquishable

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