The action of the vb. CONQUER. (Now chiefly gerundial.)
a. 1340. Hampole, Psalter, 522. Takyn prisoneres in conqueryng.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 91. Conqueste or conquerynge, conquestus.
1590. Sir J. Smyth, Disc. Weapons, Sign. **. All which … daungers of conquering … have proceeded chiefly through the negligence of their Princes.
1813. Southey, March to Moscow, 5. For as for his conquering Russia … do it he would.
