conquer
con- (expressing completion) + quaerere ‘seek’
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verb with object
overcome and take control of (a place or people) by use of military force:
〈人･国などが〉〈敵･国〉を征服する; (征服して)〈領土〉を獲得する; (試合で)〈相手〉を打ち負かす
e.g. the Magyars conquered Hungary in the Middle Ages.
successfully overcome (a problem or weakness):
〈人が〉〈病気･困難･障害など〉を克服する; 〈感情〉を抑える
e.g. a fear she never managed to conquer.
climb (a mountain) successfully:
〈(未登頂の)山〉を征服する
e.g. the second American to conquer Everest.
gain the love, admiration, or respect of (a person or group of people):
｟主に文｠ 〈名声･称賛･愛など〉を得る, 獲得する; 〈異性〉を口説き落とす
e.g. the Beatles were to leave Liverpool and conquer the world.
DERIVATIVES
conquerable | ˈkäNGk(ə)rəb(ə)l | adjective
ORIGIN
Middle English (also in the general sense ‘acquire, attain’): from Old French conquerre, based on Latin conquirere ‘gain, win’, from con- (expressing completion) + quaerere ‘seek’.