Definition of conquer

"conquer" in the verb sense

1. suppress, stamp down, subdue, conquer

bring under control by force or authority

"suppress a nascent uprising"

"stamp down on littering"

"conquer one's desires"

2. appropriate, capture, seize, conquer

take possession of by force, as after an invasion

"the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"

"The army seized the town"

"The militia captured the castle"

3. conquer

overcome by conquest

"conquer your fears"

"conquer a country"

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Quotations for conquer

By labour you will conquer. [ Motto ]

He that will conquer must fight. [ Proverb ]

To bear, is to conquer our fate. [ Thomas Campbell ]

Patience and time conquer all things [ Corneille ]

Necessity knows no law except to conquer. [ Publius Syrus ]

Energy and persistence conquer all things. [ Benjamin Franklin ]

Patience and fortitude conquer all things. [ Emerson ]

For they can conquer who believe they can. [ Dryden ]

The wise and active conquer difficulties,
By daring to attempt them. Sloth and folly
Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazards,
And make the impossibility they fear. [ Rowe ]

Kindness is the noblest weapon to conquer with. [ Proverb ]

The noblest victory is to conquer one's own heart. [ La Fontaine ]

Rashness may conquer, but its not likely it should. [ Proverb ]

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger. [ Corn ]

Courage, conduct and perseverance, conquer all before them. [ Proverb ]

It is much safer to reconcile an enemy to you than to conquer him. [ Proverb ]

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and to conquer them. [ Wendell Phillips ]

You know how to conquer, Hannibal, but you know not how to profit by your victory. [ Maharbal in Livy ]

There is but one philosophy, and its name is Fortitude; to bear is to conquer our fate. [ Bulwer ]

Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely, and conciliate those you cannot conquer. [ Caleb C. Colton ]

One should conquer the world, not to enthrone a man, but an idea; for ideas exist forever. [ Beaconsfield ]

We love and live in power; it is the spirit's end. Mind must subdue; to conquer is its life. [ Bailey ]

Every man has something to do which he neglects; every man has faults to conquer which he delays to combat. [ Dr. Johnson ]

We cannot conquer fate and necessity, yet we can yield to them in such a manner as to be greater than if we could. [ Landor ]

Good-humor will sometimes conquer ill-humor, but ill-humor will conquer it oftener; and for this plain reason, good-humor must operate on generosity, ill-humor on meanness. [ Greville ]

I suppose as long as novels last, and authors aim at interesting their public, there must always be in the story a virtuous and gallant hero; a wicked monster, his opposite; and a pretty girl, who finds a champion. Bravery and virtue conquer beauty; and vice, after seeming to triumph through a certain number of pages, is sure to be discomfited in the last volume, when justice overtakes him, and honest folks come by their own. [ Thackeray ]

Those who start for human glory, like the mettled hounds of Actaeon, must pursue the game not only where there is a path, but where there is none. They must be able to simulate and dissimulate; to leap and to creep; to conquer the earth like Caesar, or to fall down and kiss it like Brutus; to throw their sword like Brennus into the trembling scale, or, like Nelson, to snatch the laurels from the doubtful hand of Victory, while she is hesitating where to bestow them. [ Colton ]

conquer in Scrabble®

The word conquer is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 18

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters conquer:

CONQUER
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CONQUER
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In conquer

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conquer in Words With Friends™

The word conquer is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 21

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters conquer:

CONQUER
(164 = 129 + 35)
CONQUER
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In conquer

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Words within the letters of conquer

2 letter words in conquer (7 words)

3 letter words in conquer (12 words)

4 letter words in conquer (9 words)

5 letter words in conquer (4 words)

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conquer + 1 blank (1 word)

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Words containing the sequence conquer

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