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# vanquish

verb (vanquish, vanquishes, vanquished, vanquishing)

«vanquish» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To vanquish is to defeat someone completely in a fight or contest. It is a stronger word than beat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanquish/#m1)

### In the lessons

heroes in tales vanquish monsters, giants and villains; the defeated one is called vanquished

### Examples

- The hero vanquished the dragon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanquish/#x1)
- The vanquished giant fled into the hills. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanquish/#x2)
- Good often vanquishes evil in the end. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanquish/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means to defeat someone in argument. Elihu warns Job's friends not to claim that God, rather than man, will answer Job.

**Interpretation.** Commentators read Elihu as saying that wisdom comes from God and that nobody should be proud of it.

### Examples

- Beware lest ye say: 'We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man!' (Writings JOB.32.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vanquish/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «vanquish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vanquish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vanquish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vanquish.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «vanquish» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vanquish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vanquish» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/vanquish.html) on Mova free.