sb. Sc. Obs. Also 5 -quace. [app. a. OF. conquise, -isse, sb. fem. f. conquis, conquise, pa. pple. of conquerre to CONQUER.] = CONQUEST sb. in senses 4–6.
c. 1375. Quoniam Attach., xcvii. (Jam.). The conquese of any frie man, deceissand vest and saised therein, without heires lawfullie gottin of his awin bodie, ascends to him, quha is before gottin, and heritage descends be degrie.
c. 1470. Henry, Wallace, I. 60. Edwarde Langschanks … herd tell weyle Scotland stude in sic cace, He thocht till hym to mak it playn conquace [v.r. haill conqueis].
1535. Stewart, Cron. Scot., I. 653. Of thame … haill conqueis for to mak.
1645. R. Baillie, Lett. & Jrnls. (1841), I. 312. Bernard of Weymar’s conquieses in Alsatia.
