reconquer
verb (used with object)
to conquer again.
have reconquered
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present perfectof reconquer.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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There is no doubt he will soon have reconquered Italy.
From World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France by M. (François) Guizot
There is a report from Cuba that the Spaniards have reconquered the town of Las Tunas.
From The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 49, October 14, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Julia Truitt Bishop
No village now exists above the Raudal of Mura; and here, as in many other parts of the colonies, the natives may be said to have reconquered the country from the Spaniards.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt
The antithesis: "he had reconquered his people, here the people have reconquered their king," was universally applauded.
From Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Robert Grant
Soon, as Applebaum said, they'd be putting him in Class A and sending him back to the treadmill, and he would not have reconquered his courage, his dominion over himself.
From Three Soldiers by John Dos Passos
