"conqueren" meaning in Middle English

See conqueren in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kunˈkwɛːrən/, /ˈkunkwərən/, /kɔnˈkwiːrən/ (note: after Latin conquīrō)
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French conquerre, from Latin conquaerō, conquīrō. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|fro|conquerre}} Borrowed from Old French conquerre, {{der|enm|la|conquaerō}} Latin conquaerō Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} conqueren, {{enm-verb|stem=conquer}} conqueren (third-person singular simple present conquereth, present participle conquerende, conquerynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle conquered) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|conquer|c2=de|p_part2=0|y=0}} Forms: conquereth [present, singular, third-person], conquerende [participle, present], conquerynge [participle, present], conquered [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], weak [table-tags], conqueren [infinitive], to conqueren [infinitive], conquere [infinitive], conquere [first-person, present, singular], conquered [first-person, past, singular], conquerede [first-person, past, singular], conquerde [first-person, past, singular], conquerest [present, second-person, singular], conqueredest [past, second-person, singular], conquerdest [past, second-person, singular], conquereth [present, singular, third-person], conquered [past, singular, third-person], conquerede [past, singular, third-person], conquerde [past, singular, third-person], conquere [present, singular, subjunctive], conquered [past, singular, subjunctive], conquerede [past, singular, subjunctive], conquerde [past, singular, subjunctive], conquere [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], conqueren [plural, present], conquere [plural, present], conquereden [past, plural], conquered [past, plural], conquerede [past, plural], conquerden [past, plural], conquerde [past, plural], conquereth [imperative, plural, present], conquere [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], conquerynge [participle, present], conquerende [participle, present], conquered [participle, past], conquer [alternative], conquere [alternative], conquire [alternative], conqwere [alternative], conquery [alternative], conquerre [alternative, Late-Middle-English], conqwer [alternative, Late-Middle-English]
  1. To conquer or subjugate (territory).
    Sense id: en-conqueren-enm-verb-PgwKu1jh
  2. To win against; to be victorious.
    Sense id: en-conqueren-enm-verb-xadn4GP-
  3. To obtain, win or garner (outside of war)
    Sense id: en-conqueren-enm-verb-SqE8xWkc Categories (other): Human activity, War Disambiguation of Human activity: 3 0 53 39 5 Disambiguation of War: 1 0 96 1 2
  4. (rare) To obtain control over an emotion. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-conqueren-enm-verb-RlBDgcG1 Categories (other): Emotions Disambiguation of Emotions: 3 0 3 54 41
  5. (rare) To accomplish; to be successful in. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-conqueren-enm-verb-0qNiJ0vD Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 23 9 24 14 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 14 17 17 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 7 10 10 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: conquerour

Alternative forms

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      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "conquer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
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      "word": "conquer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "conquere"
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          "lang_code": "cy",
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          "word": "concro"
        }
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      "lang_code": "wlm",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
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      "conquerre",
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    ],
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      "conquaerō",
      "conquaero#Latin"
    ],
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      "conquīrō",
      "conquiro#Latin"
    ]
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "conquerynge",
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    {
      "form": "conqueren",
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    {
      "form": "to conqueren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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        "singular"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "conquerde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "conqueredest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquerdest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "conquered",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquerede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquerde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquered",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquerde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conqueren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquereden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquered",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquerede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquerden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquerde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquereth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquerynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquerende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquered",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquer",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquere",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquire",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conqwere",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquery",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquerre",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conqwer",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "stem": "conquer"
      },
      "expansion": "conqueren (third-person singular simple present conquereth, present participle conquerende, conquerynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle conquered)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
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        "1": "conquer",
        "c2": "de",
        "p_part2": "0",
        "y": "0"
      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "conquerour"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              142,
              151
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              143,
              150
            ]
          ],
          "english": "When Hercules had heard of the name and deeds of Afer, he accepted him as a friend, and consequently said to him that he'd partner with him to conquer Libya.",
          "ref": "1471 September 28 [1464], Raoul le ffeure, translated by Willyam Caxton, [T]he recuyell of the hiſtoryes of Troye, [London], translation of Le recueil de histoires de Troye (in Middle French), published c. 1474; republished by H. Oskar Sommer, editorvolume II, London: David Nutt, 1894, →OCLC, leaf 175 verso:",
          "text": "WHan hercules had receyuyd the name and the affaires of affer/ he toke hym for his frende. and ſo ſaid to hym that he wolde accompanye hym to conquerre lybye",
          "translation": "When Hercules had heard of the name and deeds of Afer, he accepted him as a friend, and consequently said to him that he'd partner with him to conquer Libya.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "To conquer or subjugate (territory)."
      ],
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      "glosses": [
        "To win against; to be victorious."
      ],
      "id": "en-conqueren-enm-verb-xadn4GP-",
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        [
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          "win"
        ],
        [
          "victorious",
          "victorious"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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          "_dis": "3 0 53 39 5",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 0 96 1 2",
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          "name": "War",
          "orig": "enm:War",
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      "glosses": [
        "To obtain, win or garner (outside of war)"
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        "To obtain control over an emotion."
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        "(rare) To obtain control over an emotion."
      ],
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        "rare"
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          "_dis": "23 9 24 14 31",
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          "_dis": "17 14 17 17 35",
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          "_dis": "10 7 10 10 63",
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        "To accomplish; to be successful in."
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        "(rare) To accomplish; to be successful in."
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kunˈkwɛːrən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkunkwərən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔnˈkwiːrən/",
      "note": "after Latin conquīrō"
    }
  ],
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}
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      "form": "conquerynge",
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    {
      "form": "conqueren",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
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    },
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      "form": "to conqueren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "conquere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "conquered",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquerede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquerde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquerest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conqueredest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquerdest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquereth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquered",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquerede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquerde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquered",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquerede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquerde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conqueren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquereden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquered",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquerede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquerden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquerde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquereth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquerynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquerende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquered",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquer",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquere",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquire",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conqwere",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquery",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conquerre",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conqwer",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "conqueren",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "stem": "conquer"
      },
      "expansion": "conqueren (third-person singular simple present conquereth, present participle conquerende, conquerynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle conquered)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "conquer",
        "c2": "de",
        "p_part2": "0",
        "y": "0"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "conquerour"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              142,
              151
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              143,
              150
            ]
          ],
          "english": "When Hercules had heard of the name and deeds of Afer, he accepted him as a friend, and consequently said to him that he'd partner with him to conquer Libya.",
          "ref": "1471 September 28 [1464], Raoul le ffeure, translated by Willyam Caxton, [T]he recuyell of the hiſtoryes of Troye, [London], translation of Le recueil de histoires de Troye (in Middle French), published c. 1474; republished by H. Oskar Sommer, editorvolume II, London: David Nutt, 1894, →OCLC, leaf 175 verso:",
          "text": "WHan hercules had receyuyd the name and the affaires of affer/ he toke hym for his frende. and ſo ſaid to hym that he wolde accompanye hym to conquerre lybye",
          "translation": "When Hercules had heard of the name and deeds of Afer, he accepted him as a friend, and consequently said to him that he'd partner with him to conquer Libya.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To conquer or subjugate (territory)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "conquer",
          "conquer"
        ],
        [
          "subjugate",
          "subjugate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To win against; to be victorious."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "win",
          "win"
        ],
        [
          "victorious",
          "victorious"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To obtain, win or garner (outside of war)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "obtain",
          "obtain"
        ],
        [
          "win",
          "win"
        ],
        [
          "garner",
          "garner"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To obtain control over an emotion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "obtain",
          "obtain"
        ],
        [
          "control",
          "control"
        ],
        [
          "emotion",
          "emotion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To obtain control over an emotion."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To accomplish; to be successful in."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "accomplish",
          "accomplish"
        ],
        [
          "successful",
          "successful"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To accomplish; to be successful in."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kunˈkwɛːrən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkunkwərən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔnˈkwiːrən/",
      "note": "after Latin conquīrō"
    }
  ],
  "word": "conqueren"
}

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