[f. as prec.] The act of vanquishing or overcoming.
1593. Nashe, Christ’s T., Wks. (Grosart), IV. 42. The vanquishment of that vglie nest of Harpies, hath beene reserued as a worke for mee, before all beginnings.
1613–8. Daniel, Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626), 5. He draue Valentinian to seeke ayde of Theodosius … after the vanquishment and death of his brother.
1652. Gaule, Magastrom., 336. This he took to be an omen or presage of the vanquishment and death of Perses.
1697. Potter, Antiq. Greece, II. xv. (1715), 328. Appearing in time of War, it signified vanquishment, and running away.
1851. I. Taylor, Wesley & Methodism, 26. His conversion, taking place … by successive vanquishments.
1888. B. W. Richardson, Son of Star, I. 226. The princess … had gained a reputation … for her prowess and skill in vanquishment.
