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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
conquer/ˈkɒŋkə(r)/

▶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’, from con- (expressing completion) + quaerere ‘seek’.

'conquer' also found in these Oxford entries:

conker - conquest - convince - divide - overmaster - smite - vanquish - victor

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Claim the high, conquer the low [A Proverb?]
Earn/Conquer/get?
was to conquer the world, not to number its sparrows
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