Definition of Conquer

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Conquer

To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to overcome by force of arms; to cause to yield; to vanquish.

To subdue or overcome by mental or moral power; to surmount; as, to conquer difficulties, temptation, etc.

To gain or obtain, overcoming obstacles in the way; to win; as, to conquer freedom; to conquer a peace.

To gain the victory; to overcome; to prevail.

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Conquer Quotations

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
Buddha

I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside.
Winston Churchill

Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer.
Winston Churchill

If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
Napoleon Hill

Energy and persistence conquer all things.
Benjamin Franklin

Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce.
John F. Kennedy

That was always the difference between Muhammad Ali and the rest of us. He came, he saw, and if he didn't entirely conquer - he came as close as anybody we are likely to see in the lifetime of this doomed generation.
Hunter S. Thompson

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him.
Eleanor Roosevelt

All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.
Sun Tzu

To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
Sun Tzu

Conquer Translations

conquer in Danish is erobre
conquer in Dutch is veroveren
conquer in German is erobern, erobern, besiegen
conquer in Italian is conquistare
conquer in Latin is vinco vici victum
conquer in Norwegian is erobre, seire
conquer in Portuguese is conquiste
conquer in Spanish is conquistar

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