Crossword-Solution: CONQUEST
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Conquest | n. | The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection; subjugation; victory. |
| Conquest | n. | That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral. |
| Conquest | n. | The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition. |
| Conquest | n. | The act of gaining or regaining by successful struggle; as, the conquest of liberty or peace. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TAEER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with CONQUEST (5)
Then he stripped the shirt of wampum From the back of Megissogwon, As a trophy of the battle, As a signal of his conquest.
Nay, his busy fancy already realized his hopes, and presented to him the blooming Katrina, with a whole family of children, mounted on the top of a wagon loaded with household trumpery, with pots and kettles dangling beneath; and he beheld himself bestriding a pacing mare, with a colt at her heels, setting out for Kentucky, Tennessee,--or the Lord knows where! When he entered the house, the conquest of his heart was complete.
These were laughing and talking together as gaily as if they had gathered for a picnic instead of a war of conquest.
Which way, or from what hope, dost thou aspire To greatness? whence authority deriv’st? What followers, what retinue canst thou gain, Or at thy heels the dizzy multitude, 420 Longer than thou canst feed them on thy cost? Money brings honour, friends, conquest, and realms.
Pride had kept him from her, and, woman-like, she meant to win back that conquest which had been hers before.
Quotes with CONQUEST (3)
(Ivan) Hold your tongue, or I'll kill you!(The devil) You'll kill me? No, excuse me, I will speak. I came to treat myself to that pleasure. Oh, I love the dreams of my ardent young friends, quivering with eagerness for life! 'There are new men,' you decided last spring, when you were meaning to come here, 'they propose to destroy everything and begin with cannibalism. Stupid fellows! they didn't ask my advice! I maintain that nothing need be destroyed, that we only need to de…
Sex can be used either for self-affirmation or for self-transcendence — either to intensify the ego and consolidate the social persona by some kind of conspicuous ‘embarkation’ and heroic conquest, or else to annihilate the persona and transcend the ego in an obscure rapture of sensuality, a frenzy of romantic passion, more creditably, in the mutual charity of the perfect marriage.
This was what I came to found. The conquest of loneliness was the missing link that was one day going to make a decent novelist out of me. If you are out here and cannot close off the loves and hates of all that back there in the real world the memories will overtake you and swamp you and wilt your tenacity. Tenacity stamina... close off to everything and everyone but your writing. That s the bloody price. I don t know maybe it's some kind of ultimate selfishness. Maybe it's …
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 10 times in crossword archives (1957–2020).