conquer
verb (used with object)
to acquire by force of arms; win in war.
half-conquered
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a word derived from
conquer.
Example Sentences
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Of all the world's half-conquered but still-resisting nations, China has fought the longest.
From Time Magazine Archive
In addition, the Scotch were growling over the border, there was the perennial trouble in half-conquered Ireland, and his allies abroad in Flanders and in Brabant were clamoring for the arrears of their subsidies.
From Sir Nigel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Yakoob Beg had no such certain source of revenue; he had to raise from an impoverished and only half-conquered state a sum almost as large as that required by the Chinese.
From The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar by Demetrius Charles Boulger
By his great organizing ability he made a powerful nation out of that which, when he came to the throne, consisted of a few discordant and half-conquered tribes.
From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by James Freeman Clarke
"You have half-conquered it by coming away, and you will complete the victory by returning."
From Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems by Effie Afton
