VANQUISH
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
(verb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
vanquish (third-person singular simple present vanquishes, present participle vanquishing, simple past and past participle vanquished)
To defeat, to overcome.
Source: Wiktionary
Van"quish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vanquished; p. pr. & vb. n.
Vanquishing.] Etym: [OE. venquishen, venquissen, venkisen,F. vaincre,
pret. vainquis, OF. veintre, pret. venqui, venquis (cf. an OF. infin.
vainquir), fr. L. vincere; akin to AS. wig war, battle, wigant a
warrior, wigan to fight, Icel. vig battle, Goth. weihan to fight,
contend. Cf. Convince, Evict, Invincible, Victor.]
1. To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy. Hakluyt.
They . . . Vanquished the rebels in all encounters. Clarendon.
2. Hence, to defeat in any contest; to get the better of; to put
down; to refute.
This bold assertion has been fully vanquished in a late reply to the
Bishop of Meaux's treatise. Atterbury.
For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still. Goldsmith.
Syn.
– To conquer; surmount; overcome; confute; silence. See Conquer.
Van"quish, n. (Far.)
Definition: A disease in sheep, in which they pine away. [Written also
vinquish.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition