reconquer
verb (used with object)
to conquer again.
reconquering
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present participleof reconquer.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Justinian’s ambitions also extended to reconquering the West.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
“The cities of the world are reconquering their rivers,” said Anne Hidalgo, Paris mayor and the Socialist Party’s presidential candidate.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2021
The regime began reconquering opposition territory—and in January, 2018, it set its sights on Idlib province.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 3, 2018
The tradition, which dates back to the 1300s, originates from a legend involving Christians reconquering the town under the cover of darkness and covered in moss to camouflage themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2013
After many days of inaction, General Lee had left his camp at White Plains with the intention, as he grandiloquently put it, of reconquering New Jersey.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton
