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   vanquish

   /ˈvaŋkwɪʃ/

   verb

   • 1. defeat thoroughly: literary "he successfully vanquished his rival"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French vencus, venquis (past participle and past tense of veintre), vainquiss- (lengthened stem of vainquir), from Latin vincere ‘conquer’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. vanquishable adjective
   • 2. vanquisher noun

   Scrabble Points: 23

   • V

     4

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • Q

     10

   • U

     1

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

   • H

     4

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