Vanquish, to overcome, to conquer; absol.: “if thou --est, thy words are true,” H6A I, 2, 96. With an object: Lucr. 75. Pilgr. 280. Gent. I, 1, 35. Ado IV, 1, 47. H6A III, 2, 96. III, 3, 78. IV, 7, 38. H6B II, 1, 183. H6B II, 1, 183 IV, 8, 44. IV, 8, 44 IV, 10, 80. H6C II, 1, 72. H6C II, 1, 72 Caes. III, 2, 190. Mcb. IV, 1, 92. Lr. V, 3, 153. Ant. IV, 15, 58. Cymb. III, 4, 10. Per. I, 2, 27. With to, == to prevail on, to persuade, to determine to: “I undertook it, --ed thereto by the fair grace and speech of the poor suppliant,” All's V, 3, 133.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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