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[ FEW: 2/ii,1058a conquirere; Gdf: 2,246b conquerre; GdfC: 9,161b conquerir; TL: 2,711 conquerre; DEAF: conquerre (conquerir); DMF: conquérir; TLF: conquérir; OED: conquer v.; MED: conqueren v.; DMLBS: 444b conquaerere /445b conquirere ]

conquer, conquerer, conquerre, conquerrer; cunquere, cunquerre, cunquerir; qunquere,
ind.pr.3 conquert, conquiert, cunquert;
ind.pr.5 conquerrez;
ind.pr.6 conquerent;
pret.1 cunquis;
pret.2 conquis;
pret.3 conquis, conquist, cunquist;
pret.6 conquirent, conquistrent;
fut.1 conquerai, cunquerrai;
fut.3 conquera, conquerra, cunquera, cunquerra;
fut.4 cunquerum;
fut.5 cunquerez, cunquerrez;
fut.6 cunquerrunt;
cond.1 conquereie;
sbj.pr.1 cunquerge;
sbj.pr.3 conquerge;
sbj.impf.4 conqueisuns;
sbj.impf.5 conqueisiez;
p.pr. conqueraunt, conqueraunde, conquerraunt;
p.pr. cunquerant, cunquerent;
p.p. conqueis, conquis, conquist, conquiz, cumquis, cunquis

v.a.1to conquer, overcome ♦ to beat, defeat 2to win (by force) ♦ to win, attain ♦ to reach (land) ♦ to win over ♦ to gain, obtain ♦ to regain, win back 3to uphold, maintain 4to select, pick out
v.n.1to obtain reward, payment
v._refl.1to be conquered
p.pr._as_a.1victorious ♦ successful
p.pr._as_s.1conqueror

v.a.

1to conquer, overcome:

( s.xiii^ex; MS: s.xivⁱⁿ ) Come il conquerent par justie (l. justice?) la mort 463

( a.1399; MS: a.1399 ) ils purrount legerment entrer par myne et conquer le dit chastelle 125.21

♦mil.to beat, defeat:

( c.1141; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) il prendra Magot E les regnes de Got, E cunquerra la gent Entresqu'a Orient 1005

( c.1170; MS: s.xiii^ex ) Malement lur esta kar ja ierent cunquis 3460

( s.xiii^1/3; MS: s.xiii^m ) E vers li pur veir me defendreie E en champ par force le conquereie 9584

( s.xiii^2/4; MS: c.1275 ) defendre savoit sun pais E qunquere ses enemis 68

2to win (by force):

( 1113-19; MS: s.xii^3/3 ) (a lion:) Quant volt praie conquere [...] 1648

( s.xii^1/3; MS: s.xiii² ) Ki la pere avrad en son elme (=helmet), Sin puet conquere un realme 207.96

( s.xiiiⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiii² ) Mult fu bel l’eschec que B. ad conquis 2950

( a.1399; MS: a.1399 ) la somme des bones chivals […] conquys amount a .ccviii. 77.10

♦to win, attain:

( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 ) Pur quei l’avez ocis […]? N’i avez rien conquis 122

( 1150-70; MS: 1225-1300 ) vunt s’en dreit en Engleterre Aventure e eur conquerre 2057

♦ship.to reach (land):

( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv¹ ) Puis quatre meis veient terre, Mais fort lur est a cunquerre 628

♦to win over:

( 1214; MS: 1214-16 ) […] Por q’il (=Augustine) peust tant espleiter Qe les Engleis peust conquerre 2071

♦to gain, obtain:

( s.xii^1/3; MS: s.xii^ex ) (Alectorias) A ume cunquert bons amis 33.141

( 1184; MS: s.xiii^ex ) pur cunquere sun dreit 194

( MS: s.xii^4/4 ) Ne prametre chose, dont ne seies saysi; kar l’en en conquiert enemi 11.267

( c.1240; MS: c.1300 ) E tut guerpi tresor & terre E sa femme ke il vint conquere 130.164

( c.1292; MS: c.1300 ) E tut en soit le milueyn ou autre en seisine, le einznee neqedent le conquera par bref de dreit ii 319

♦to regain, win back:

( 1113-19; MS: s.xii^3/3 ) E quant Deus viint en terre Pur noz anemes cunquere [...] 1612

( c.1240; MS: c.1300 ) Par ceste purrez ta santé conquere 250.206

( c.1260; MS: c.1300 ) Jeo vous demande coment deit le termer conquere cele terre deske a son terme 32

( c.1275; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) En uresun taunt se entremyst Ke meyme la reule de Deu conquist 1851

( 1341 ) avant le primer passage n[ost]re Seignur le Roi as parties de dela, qe n[ost]re Seignur le Roi se purchaceroit amys, aliez […] qi purroient aider a conquer ses droitures ii 127

3to uphold, maintain:

( c.1270; MS: s.xiv^1/3 ) (If the steward is unable to rectify abuses) mustre a son seygnur ke se entremet sy il voet sa dreiture conquere 264.c3

( 1415 ) pur conquerer la droit de sa Corone d'Engleterre iv 85

4to select, pick out:

( s.xiiiⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) (Poverty) La chose k’il (=God) plus amat en terre, Quant il vint les seinz cunquerre 902

( c.1245; MS: c.1255 ) Loing de gent en la wastine Eu pendant d’une gaudine Clos en la cave cunquise […] 1871

v.n.

1to obtain reward, payment:

( c.1170; MS: s.xiii^ex ) s’aukun chevalier en la terre veneit En soudees servir, u conquere voleit 2209

v._refl.

1mil.to be conquered:

( 1304 ) Dieu eidant le roialme d’Engleterre par le dit voiage se conquerra i 159

p.pr._as_a.

1mil.victorious:

( s.xii^3/4; MS: s.xiv² ) (Alexander) Hardiz estoit e conqueranz, sages e enginus 31

( c.1170; MS: s.xiii^ex ) Fiz le rei Aalof, ki bien fud cunquerent 3763

( c.1185 ) Kar riches fu, pruz e vaillauntz, E roi nobles conquerrauntz 11560

♦successful:

( c.1184; MS: s.xiii^ex ) tant fu vaillant (Becket) [...] ke nul n’i out el regne si cunquerant, Del roi servir plus 220

p.pr._as_s.

1mil.conqueror:

( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 ) Alisandre le conquerrant 16848

( c.1230; MS: s.xiii^m ) Alisandre le cunquerant 709

( 1360-65; MS: s.xiv² ) Phelip[pe], roi de Fraunce, fitz a Seint Lowys et nomé le conqueraunt 104

conquere arere

1to regain:

( 1260; MS: c.1300 ) par quel bref deit cele femme conquere cele tere arere 122

conquere la mestrie sus
mestrie

reconquere

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