To vanquish

[khinterberg]

No: HPFGUIDX 119482


In light of all the recent posts about the nature of what "vanquish"
actually means, I decided to look it up.   

van·quish   Audio pronunciation of "vanquish" ( P )  Pronunciation Key
 (vngkwsh, vn-)
tr.v. van·quished, van·quish·ing, van·quish·es

   1.
         1. To defeat or conquer in battle; subjugate.
         2. To defeat in a contest, conflict, or competition.
   2. To overcome or subdue (an emotion, for example); suppress: "She
had had to wrench herself forcibly away from Katharine, and every step
vanquished her desire" (Virginia Woolf). See Synonyms at defeat.

[Middle English vaynquisshen, from Old French vainquir, vainquiss-,
from Latin vincere. See weik-3 in Indo-European Roots.]

v : come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat
Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition";
"Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" [syn: beat, beat
out, crush, shell, trounce]

\Van"quish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vanquished; p. pr. & vb. n.
Vanquishing.] [OE. venquishen, venquissen, venkisen,F. vaincre, pret.
vainquis, OF. veintre, pret. venqui, venquis (cf. an OF. infin.
vainquir), fr. L. vincere; akin to AS. w[=i]g war, battle, w[=i]gant a
warrior, w[=i]gan to fight, Icel. v[=i]g battle, Goth. weihan to
fight, contend. Cf. Convince, Evict, Invincible, Victor.] 1. To
conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy. --Hakluyt.

They . . . Vanquished the rebels in all encounters. --Clarendon.

2. Hence, to defeat in any contest; to get the better of; to put down;
to refute.

This bold assertion has been fully vanquished in a late reply to the
Bishop of Meaux's treatise. --Atterbury.

For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still. --Goldsmith.

Syn: To conquer; surmount; overcome; confute; silence. See Conquer.


So on I went to the synonyms, searching for more information.

de·feat   Audio pronunciation of "defeat" ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (d-ft)
tr.v. de·feat·ed, de·feat·ing, de·feats

   1. To win victory over; beat.
   2. To prevent the success of; thwart: Internal strife defeats the
purpose of teamwork.
   3. Law. To make void; annul.

snipped from synonyms of defeat:

Synonyms: defeat, conquer, vanquish, beat, rout, subdue, subjugate,
overcome
These verbs mean to triumph over an adversary. Defeat is the most general.
Vanquish emphasizes total mastery: Napoleon's forces were vanquished
at Waterloo.

 3. To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin
by victory; to overthrow.

 
So after all this, it can be concluded that death does not need to be
involved in the act of vanquishing, but that Harry would need to
completely prevent Voldemort from reaching his goals.

I'm sure many of you have looked this up before, just thought it might
be nice to have around.

khinterberg, who, upon looking up vanquish, found than an alternate
definition is a disease of sheep in which they "pine away", and is now
picturing Voldemort as a fluffy white sheep looking thoroughly dejected