[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

vanquish \van"quish\ va^ng"kwi^sh, v. t. imp.  p. p.
   vanquished va^ng"kwi^sht; p. pr.  vb. n.
   vanquishing. oe. venquishen, venquissen, venkisen, f.
   vaincre, pret. vainquis, of. veintre, pret. venqui, venquis
   cf. an of. infin. vainquir, fr. l. vincere; akin to as.
   wimacg war, battle, wimacgend a warrior, wimacgan to
   contend, fight, ohg. wimacgant a warrior, wimacgan to
   fight, icel. vimacg battle, goth. weihan to fight, contend.
   cf. convince, evict, invincible, victor.
   1. to conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.
      --hakluyt.
      1913 webster

            they . . . vanquished the rebels in all encounters.
                                                  --clarendon.
      1913 webster

   2. hence, to defeat in any contest; to get the better of; to
      put down; to refute.
      1913 webster

            this bold assertion has been fully vanquished in a
            late reply to the bishop of meaux's treatise.
                                                  --atterbury.
      1913 webster

            for e'en though vanquished, he could argue still.
                                                  --goldsmith.
      1913 webster

   syn: to conquer; surmount; overcome; confute; silence. see
        conquer.
        1913 webster
see also:
vanquished vanquishing convince evict invincible victor 
conquer 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

vanquish \van"quish\, n. far.
   a disease in sheep, in which they pine away. written also
   vinquish.
   1913 webster
see also:
vinquish 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

vanquish
     v : come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "agassi
         beat becker in the tennis championship"; "we beat the
         competition"; "harvard defeated yale in the last football
         game" syn: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce
see also:
beat beat out crush shell trounce 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

29 moby thesaurus words for "vanquish":
   bear down, beat down, bend, break, conquer, crush, defeat, fell,
   flatten, humble, master, overpower, override, overturn, prostrate,
   put down, quell, reduce, ride down, smash, subdue, subjugate,
   subvert, suppress, surmount, trample, trample down,
   trample underfoot, tread underfoot

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