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• MOUNTAIN JEWS — MOUNTAIN JEWS, a Jewish ethnic and linguistic group living mainly in azerbaijan and Daghestan. The name Mountain Jews emerged in the first half of the 19th century when the Russian Empire annexed those territories. It is supposed that the name… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• conquer — ► VERB 1) overcome and take control of by military force. 2) successfully overcome (a problem) or climb (a mountain). DERIVATIVES conquerable adjective conqueror noun. ORIGIN Latin conquirere gain, win …   English terms dictionary

• conquer — 01. England was [conquered] by France in 1066 and ruled by French kings for 300 years thereafter. 02. Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first men to [conquer] Mount Everest. 03. Emma fought to [conquer] her fear of flying so that she …   Grammatical examples in English

• conquer — con|quer [ˈkɔŋkə US ˈka:ŋkər] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: conquerre, from Latin conquirere to look for, collect , from com ( COM ) + quaerere to ask, search ] 1.) [I and T] to get control of a country by fighting ▪ The Normans… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• conquer — verb (conquered; conquering) Etymology: Middle English, to acquire, conquer, from Anglo French conquerre, from Vulgar Latin *conquaerere, alteration of Latin conquirere to search for, collect, from com + quaerere to ask, search Date: 14th century …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• conquer — verb 1 (I, T) to take land by attacking people or win it by fighting a war: The Normans conquered England in 1066. 2 (I, T) to defeat an enemy: The Zulus conquered all the neighbouring tribes. 3 (T) to gain control over something that is… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• conquer */ — UK [ˈkɒŋkə(r)] / US [ˈkɑŋkər] verb Word forms conquer : present tense I/you/we/they conquer he/she/it conquers present participle conquering past tense conquered past participle conquered 1) [intransitive/transitive] to take control of land or… …   English dictionary

• conquer — con|quer [ kaŋkər ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive to take control of land or people using soldiers: The tribes were easily conquered by the Persian armies. a ) transitive to gain control of a situation or emotion by making a great… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• conquer — verb 1》 overcome and take control of by military force. 2》 successfully overcome (a problem).     ↘climb (a mountain) successfully. Derivatives conquerable adjective conqueror noun Origin ME: from OFr. conquerre, based on L. conquirere gain, win …   English new terms dictionary

• conquer — v.tr. 1 a overcome and control (an enemy or territory) by military force. b absol. be victorious. 2 overcome (a habit, emotion, disability, etc.) by effort (conquered his fear). 3 climb (a mountain) successfully. Derivatives: conquerable adj.… …   Useful english dictionary

• Kane (Command & Conquer) — Within the fictional alternate history universe of Westwood Studios and Electronic Arts Command Conquer real time strategy video games, Kane is the seemingly immortal mastermind behind the ancient and secretive Brotherhood of Nod society. Little… …   Wikipedia