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– Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="vanquish" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanquish" title="vanquish – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="vanquish" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanquish" title="vanquish – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="vanquish" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanquish" title="vanquish – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="vanquish" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanquish" title="vanquish – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="vanquish" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanquish" title="vanquish – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="vanquish" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanquish" title="vanquish – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="vanquish" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanquish" title="vanquish – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="vanquish" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanquish" title="vanquish – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="vanquish" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanquish" title="vanquish – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="vanquish" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanquish" title="vanquish – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="vanquish" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanquish" title="vanquish – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="vanquish" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanquish" title="vanquish – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="vanquish" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanquish" title="vanquish – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="vanquish" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanquish" title="vanquish – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="vanquish" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanquish" title="vanquish – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="vanquish" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanquish" title="vanquish – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="vanquish" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanquish" title="vanquish – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="vanquish" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanquish" title="vanquish – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="vanquish" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sg mw-list-item"><a href="https://sg.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanquish" title="vanquish – Sango" lang="sg" hreflang="sg" data-title="vanquish" data-language-autonym="Sängö" 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href="/wiki/vaynquisshen#Middle_English" title="vaynquisshen">vaynquisshen</a></i>, borrowed from a conjugated form of <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French" class="extiw" title="w:Old French">Old French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro"><a href="/wiki/veincre#Old_French" title="veincre">veincre</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/vinco#Latin" title="vinco">vincō</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=vanquish&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈvæŋkwɪʃ/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="En-us-vanquish.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/En-us-vanquish.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/af/En-us-vanquish.ogg/En-us-vanquish.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:En-us-vanquish.ogg" title="File:En-us-vanquish.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb">Verb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=vanquish&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">vanquish</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/vanquishes#English" title="vanquishes">vanquishes</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/vanquishing#English" title="vanquishing">vanquishing</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/vanquished#English" title="vanquished">vanquished</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> To <a href="/wiki/defeat#Verb" title="defeat">defeat</a> (someone); to <a href="/wiki/overcome" title="overcome">overcome</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#c." title="Appendix:Glossary"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr></a></i> <span class="None" lang="und"><b>1597</b></span> (date written), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare" class="extiw" title="w:William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_IV,_Part_1" class="extiw" title="w:Henry IV, Part 1">The First Part of Henry the Fourth,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="with the Life and Death of Henry Sirnamed Hot-spvrre.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a>”, in <cite>Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Published According to the True Originall Copies.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Folio" class="extiw" title="w:First Folio">First Folio</a>), London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed by">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jaggard" class="extiw" title="w:William Jaggard">Isaac Iaggard</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Blount" class="extiw" title="w:Edward Blount">Ed<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>ward<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Blount</a>, published <span class="None" lang="und">1623</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/606515358">→OCLC</a></small>, <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>Act I, scene ii<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/mrvvilliamshakes00shak/page/n427/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">98</span></a>, column 2:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">In ſingle Combat thou ſhalt buckle vvith me; / And if thou <b>vanquiſheſt</b>, thy vvords are true, / Othervviſe I renounce all confidence.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1687</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Atterbury" class="extiw" title="w:Francis Atterbury">Francis Atterbury</a>, <cite>An Answer to Some Considerations on the Spirit of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther" class="extiw" title="w:Martin Luther">Martin Luther</a> and the Original of the Reformation;<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Lately Printed at Oxford.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite>, Oxford, Oxfordshire: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed at the">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldonian_Theatre" class="extiw" title="w:Sheldonian Theatre"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>Sheldonian<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Theater</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/1227545844">→OCLC</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">This bold assertion has been so fully <b>vanquish'd</b> in a late reply to the Bishop of Meaux's treatise.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1702–1704</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hyde,_1st_Earl_of_Clarendon" class="extiw" title="w:Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon">Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon</a>, “<span class="maintenance-line">(please specify |book=I to XVI)</span>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_the_Rebellion" class="extiw" title="w:The History of the Rebellion">The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641.<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="With the Precedent Passages, and Actions, that Contributed thereunto, and the Happy End, and Conclusion thereof by the King’s Blessed Restoration, and Return, upon the 29th of May, in the Year 1660. Written by the Right Honourable Edward Earl of Clarendon, Late Lord High Chancellor of England, Privy Counsellor in the Reigns of King Charles the First and the Second.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldonian_Theatre" class="extiw" title="w:Sheldonian Theatre">[Sheldonian] Theater</a>, published <span class="None" lang="und">1707</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/937919305">→OCLC</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">They <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <b>vanquished</b> the rebels in all encounters.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=vanquish&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/convince#English" title="convince">convince</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evince#English" title="evince">evince</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/victor#English" title="victor">victor</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=vanquish&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_defeat_(someone)"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to defeat (someone) <span style="font-weight:normal">— <i>see also </i></span><a href="/wiki/overcome#Translations" title="overcome">overcome</a></div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to defeat (someone)"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Bengali: <span class="Beng" lang="bn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%A4_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="পরাভূত করা (page does not exist)">পরাভূত করা</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bn.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%A4_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE" class="extiw" title="bn:পরাভূত করা">(bn)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bn-Latn" class="tr Latn">porabhut kora</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="надвивам (page does not exist)">надвивам</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC" class="extiw" title="bg:надвивам">(bg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">nadvivam</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC#Bulgarian" title="побеждавам">побеждавам</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC" class="extiw" title="bg:побеждавам">(bg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">pobeždavam</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%B6%88%E6%BB%85#Mandarin" title="消滅">消滅</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;"> / </span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%B6%88%E7%81%AD#Mandarin" title="消灭">消灭</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%B6%88%E6%BB%85" class="extiw" title="zh:消滅">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">xiāomiè</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%BE%81%E6%9C%8D#Mandarin" title="征服">征服</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%BE%81%E6%9C%8D" class="extiw" title="zh:征服">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">zhēngfú</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Cornish: <span class="Latn" lang="kw"><a href="/wiki/tryghi#Cornish" title="tryghi">tryghi</a></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=overwinnen,_verslaan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="overwinnen, verslaan (page does not exist)">overwinnen, verslaan</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/voittaa#Finnish" title="voittaa">voittaa</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/voittaa" class="extiw" title="fi:voittaa">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/p%C3%A4ihitt%C3%A4%C3%A4#Finnish" title="päihittää">päihittää</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/p%C3%A4ihitt%C3%A4%C3%A4" class="extiw" title="fi:päihittää">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/kukistaa#Finnish" title="kukistaa">kukistaa</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/kukistaa" class="extiw" title="fi:kukistaa">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/vaincre#French" title="vaincre">vaincre</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/vaincre" class="extiw" title="fr:vaincre">(fr)</a></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/vencer#Galician" title="vencer">vencer</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/vencer" class="extiw" title="gl:vencer">(gl)</a></span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/wiki/%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%AF%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%90#Georgian" title="გამარჯვება">გამარჯვება</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">gamarǯveba</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%95%E1%83%90(%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%A0%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="გადალახვა(დაბრკოლების) (page does not exist)">გადალახვა(დაბრკოლების)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">gadalaxva(dabrḳolebis)</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A7%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91%E1%83%90#Georgian" title="დაპყრობა">დაპყრობა</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">daṗq̇roba</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/besiegen#German" title="besiegen">besiegen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/besiegen" class="extiw" title="de:besiegen">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%B2%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%BB%CF%89#Greek" title="καταβάλλω">καταβάλλω</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%B2%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%BB%CF%89" class="extiw" title="el:καταβάλλω">(el)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">katavállo</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/sopraffare#Italian" title="sopraffare">sopraffare</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/sopraffare" class="extiw" title="it:sopraffare">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/sconfiggere#Italian" title="sconfiggere">sconfiggere</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/sconfiggere" class="extiw" title="it:sconfiggere">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/vincere#Italian" title="vincere">vincere</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/vincere" class="extiw" title="it:vincere">(it)</a></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E5%80%92%E3%81%99#Japanese" title="倒す">倒す</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%80%92%E3%81%99" class="extiw" title="ja:倒す">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">taosu</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%82%84%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A4%E3%81%91%E3%82%8B#Japanese" title="やっつける">やっつける</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%82%84%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A4%E3%81%91%E3%82%8B" class="extiw" title="ja:やっつける">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">yattsukeru</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Khmer: <span class="Khmr" lang="km"><a href="/wiki/%E1%9E%88%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%93%E1%9F%87#Khmer" title="ឈ្នះ">ឈ្នះ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://km.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%9E%88%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%93%E1%9F%87" class="extiw" title="km:ឈ្នះ">(km)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="km-Latn" class="tr Latn">cneah</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Kurdish: <dl><dd>Central Kurdish: <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D8%A8%DB%95%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="بەزاندن (page does not exist)">بەزاندِن</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">bezandin</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Latin: <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/evinco#Latin" title="evinco">evinco</a></span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=takapapa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="takapapa (page does not exist)">takapapa</a></span></li> <li>Norwegian: <span class="Latn" lang="no"><a href="/wiki/nedkjempe#Norwegian" title="nedkjempe">nedkjempe</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="no"><a href="/wiki/overvinne#Norwegian" title="overvinne">overvinne</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/overvinne" class="extiw" title="no:overvinne">(no)</a></span></li> <li>Occitan: <span class="Latn" lang="oc"><a href="/wiki/v%C3%A9ncer#Occitan" title="véncer">véncer</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://oc.wiktionary.org/wiki/v%C3%A9ncer" class="extiw" title="oc:véncer">(oc)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="oc"><a href="/wiki/vencir#Occitan" title="vencir">vencir</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://oc.wiktionary.org/wiki/vencir" class="extiw" title="oc:vencir">(oc)</a></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/derrotar#Portuguese" title="derrotar">derrotar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/derrotar" class="extiw" title="pt:derrotar">(pt)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/vencer#Portuguese" title="vencer">vencer</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/vencer" class="extiw" title="pt:vencer">(pt)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/superar#Portuguese" title="superar">superar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/superar" class="extiw" title="pt:superar">(pt)</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="побеждать">побежда́ть</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:побеждать">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">pobeždátʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="победить">победи́ть</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:победить">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">pobedítʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="преодолевать">преодолева́ть</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:преодолевать">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">preodolevátʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="преодолеть">преодоле́ть</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:преодолеть">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">preodolétʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">to overcome</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="покорять">покоря́ть</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:покорять">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">pokorjátʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="покорить">покори́ть</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:покорить">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">pokorítʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Sanskrit: <span class="Deva" lang="sa"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF#Sanskrit" title="जयति">जयति</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF" class="extiw" title="sa:जयति">(sa)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="sa-Latn" class="tr Latn">jayati</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Deva" lang="sa"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%87#Sanskrit" title="सहते">सहते</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%87" class="extiw" title="sa:सहते">(sa)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="sa-Latn" class="tr Latn">sahate</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/poraziti#Serbo-Croatian" title="poraziti">poraziti</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/poraziti" class="extiw" title="sh:poraziti">(sh)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=potu%C4%87i&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="potući (page does not exist)">potući</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/potu%C4%87i" class="extiw" title="sh:potući">(sh)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/pobijediti#Serbo-Croatian" title="pobijediti">pobijediti</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/pobijediti" class="extiw" title="sh:pobijediti">(sh)</a></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/vencer#Spanish" title="vencer">vencer</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/vencer" class="extiw" title="es:vencer">(es)</a></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/besegra#Swedish" title="besegra">besegra</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/besegra" class="extiw" title="sv:besegra">(sv)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/%C3%B6vervinna#Swedish" title="övervinna">övervinna</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%B6vervinna" class="extiw" title="sv:övervinna">(sv)</a></span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/yenmek#Turkish" title="yenmek">yenmek</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/yenmek" class="extiw" title="tr:yenmek">(tr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=alt_etmek&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="alt etmek (page does not exist)">alt etmek</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/alt_etmek" class="extiw" title="tr:alt etmek">(tr)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://auth.wikimedia.org/loginwiki/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div 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