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Stage 1 of 3
conquirere
Latin · ancient
"to seek out thoroughly, to acquire"
to seek out thoroughly, to acquire, from com- (thoroughly) and quaerere (to seek)
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Stage 2 of 3
conquerre
Old French · medieval
"to gain control by force"
narrowed in French to mean gaining control by force
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Stage 3 of 3
conquer
English · 1200s
"to defeat and take control of a place or people"
settled as the English word for defeating and taking control of something
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