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==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from Vulgar [[Latin]] conquaesitus, alteration of Latin conquisitus, past participle of conquirere
The [[original]] sense in med.L. and F. was ‘acquisition, esp. as the result of effort’; including getting by [[force]] of [[violence|arms]] as well as by other means. Hence two lines of [[development]]: first, with the feudal jurists ‘[[personal]] acquisition of estate, as [[opposed]] to inheritance’, without specific [[reference]] to the mode, whether by [[force]] of arms, by grant, or (in later times) by [[money]], called PURCHASE in [[English]] [[Law]]; secondly, ‘acquisition by [[force]] of arms, military conquest’. The latter of these is by far the earlier in [[English]], and has always been (with its [[transfer]]red uses) the only popular sense. The general sense of acquisition and esp. the legal sense as opposed to inheritance, is chiefly Scotch and prominent in Scotch law.]
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]
==Definitions==
*1 : the [[act]] or [[process]] of conquering
*2 a : something conquered; especially : territory appropriated in [[war]]
:b : a [[person]] whose [[favor]] or hand has been won
*3 : Mountaineering. The successful [[ascent]] of a mountain, esp. one previously unclimbed.
==Description==
[[Conquest]] is the [[act]] of military subjugation of an enemy by [[force]] of arms. One example is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_conquest_of_England Norman conquest of England], which provided the subjugation of the Kingdom of England and the acquisition of the English crown by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I_of_England William the Conquerer] in 1066. There are many other examples of conquest throughout military [[history]]: the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_conquest_of_Britain Roman conquest of Britain], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_the_Aztec_Empire Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire] and various [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_conquests Muslim conquests] are just a few.
[[Category: History]]
==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from Vulgar [[Latin]] conquaesitus, alteration of Latin conquisitus, past participle of conquirere
The [[original]] sense in med.L. and F. was ‘acquisition, esp. as the result of effort’; including getting by [[force]] of [[violence|arms]] as well as by other means. Hence two lines of [[development]]: first, with the feudal jurists ‘[[personal]] acquisition of estate, as [[opposed]] to inheritance’, without specific [[reference]] to the mode, whether by [[force]] of arms, by grant, or (in later times) by [[money]], called PURCHASE in [[English]] [[Law]]; secondly, ‘acquisition by [[force]] of arms, military conquest’. The latter of these is by far the earlier in [[English]], and has always been (with its [[transfer]]red uses) the only popular sense. The general sense of acquisition and esp. the legal sense as opposed to inheritance, is chiefly Scotch and prominent in Scotch law.]
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]
==Definitions==
*1 : the [[act]] or [[process]] of conquering
*2 a : something conquered; especially : territory appropriated in [[war]]
:b : a [[person]] whose [[favor]] or hand has been won
*3 : Mountaineering. The successful [[ascent]] of a mountain, esp. one previously unclimbed.
==Description==
[[Conquest]] is the [[act]] of military subjugation of an enemy by [[force]] of arms. One example is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_conquest_of_England Norman conquest of England], which provided the subjugation of the Kingdom of England and the acquisition of the English crown by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I_of_England William the Conquerer] in 1066. There are many other examples of conquest throughout military [[history]]: the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_conquest_of_Britain Roman conquest of Britain], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_the_Aztec_Empire Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire] and various [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_conquests Muslim conquests] are just a few.
[[Category: History]]
