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reconquer, v.|riːˈkɒŋkə(r)|
[re- 5 a; cf. F. reconquérir, OF. reconquerre (12th c. in Godef.).]
trans. To conquer again; to recover by conquest.
1584Herle Let. in Motley Netherl. (1860) I. iii. 76 To expulse the enemy and to reconquer their towns and country lost. 1602Warner Alb. Eng. Epit. (1612) 386 France by degrees..reconquered there more than our former conquests. 1611Cotgr., Reconquerir, to resubdue, reconquer. 1755in Johnson [quoting Davies]. 1809N. Pinkney Trav. France 8 Can the Continent be reconquered at sea? 1830Lytton P. Clifford iv, This idea, though conquered and reconquered, gradually swelled and increased at his heart. 1880Parkman France & Eng. N. Amer. p. viii, Rome, ranging the earth to reconquer abroad what she had lost at home.
Hence reˈconquering vbl. n.; reˈconqueror.
1654Cokaine Dianea i. 30, I resolved to intreat the aide of his Maiesty for the reconquering of my kingdome. 1864Kingsley Rom. & Teut. 53 Our own conquerors and reconquerors of Hindostan have shewn enough that [etc.]. |