to acquire by force of arms; win in war: to conquer a foreign land.
to overcome by force; subdue: to conquer an enemy.
to gain, win, or obtain by effort, personal appeal, etc.: conquer the hearts of his audience.
to gain a victory over; surmount; master; overcome: to conquer disease and poverty; to conquer one's fear.
verb (used without object)
to be victorious; make conquests; gain the victory: Despite their differences, their love will conquer.
Origin of conquer
1200–50; Middle English conqueren<Anglo-French conquerir,Old French conquerre<Vulgar Latin *conquērere to acquire (for Latin conquīrere to seek out). See con-, query
Whoever sends more soldiers to a given castle conquers that castle and wins its victory points.
The Fifth Battle For Riddler Nation|Zach Wissner-Gross|September 4, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
To make the numbers, Tesla needs to conquer an additional one-fifth of the entire global luxury car market.
Tesla has a business model problem: It can never justify its current stock price by simply making cars|Shawn Tully|August 29, 2020|Fortune
Many times, I’ve tried and failed to turn myself into one of those righteous dawn patrollers, who have conquered all of their demons and will inherit the Earth.
The Sublime Agony of Hot-Weather Running|Martin Fritz Huber|August 27, 2020|Outside Online
Perhaps in Term Two the president can conquer the literal and figurative gridlock.
Sunday Magazine: Go Inside Trump’s Second Term|Daniel Malloy|August 23, 2020|Ozy
NFL wide receiver Chris Hogan has now conquered the AFC East after signing on Sunday with the New York Jets, completing a doable but pretty uncommon feat across sports.
The Summer Of Playoffs|Sarah Shachat|August 18, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
Do you feel like you can conquer anything on the film landscape after making these massive trilogies?
‘No Regrets’: Peter Jackson Says Goodbye to Middle-Earth|Alex Suskind|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"Give me a horse and a gun and an open plain, and we can conquer the world," he thundered before the assembled crowd.
In Texas, Cruz, Perry Crow Over GOP Rout|Tim Mak|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He also told the paper that journalist James Foley deserved to die and that they will one day conquer the Vatican.
Italy Steps Up Security Over Alleged ISIS Plot to Kill The Pope|Barbie Latza Nadeau|August 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If you hold to it, you will conquer Rome and own the world, if Allah wills.
Pope Francis, ISIS, and the Last Crusade|Christopher Dickey|August 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Most recently, he has promised that followers who obey him “will conquer Rome and own the world.”
Why the Caliphate Will Devour Its Children|Philip Jenkins|July 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And even if the Germans did conquer Russia, what did it matter?
The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII)|Various
For all around the North Sea and on its bosom have risen races of men to conquer the universe again and again.
Roden's Corner|Henry Seton Merriman
In any event she meant to conquer Powers, and was not without reason, or precedent, in trying to see if blarney would aid threats.
The Great Miss Driver|Anthony Hope
Culture cannot be spread by force, since force does not conquer spirit.
The Psychology of Nations|G.E. Partridge
And then, after years of horror and humiliation, they gained a little and began to conquer because they did not mind defeat.
Alarms and Discursions|G. K. Chesterton
British Dictionary definitions for conquer
conquer
/ (ˈkɒŋkə) /
verb
to overcome (an enemy, army, etc); defeat
to overcome (an obstacle, feeling, desire, etc); surmount
(tr)to gain possession or control of by or as if by force or war; win
(tr)to gain the love, sympathy, etc, of (someone) by seduction or force of personality
C13: from Old French conquerre, from Vulgar Latin conquērere (unattested) to obtain, from Latin conquīrere to search for, collect, from quaerere to seek