Reconquest
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The act or process of conquering something again, such as a territory. countable, uncountable
"the reconquest of Spain"
- 1 Synonym of reconquer. archaic, transitive
"Many excellente parſonages are condemned in Englande, beinge wholy reconqueſted to the Pope."
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More examples"On the other hand, the nationalitarian phenomenon is one in which the struggle against the imperialist powers of occupation has as its object, beyond the clearing of the national territory, the independence and sovereignty of the national State, uprooting in depth the positions of the ex-colonial power— the reconquest of the power of decision in all domains of national life, the prelude to that reconquest of identity which is at the heart of the renaissance undertaken on the basis of fundamental national demands, and ceaselessly contested, by every means available, on every level, and notably on the internal level'."
Etymology
From re- + conquest (noun), probably after either the verb and reconquer, or Middle French reconquest, reconqueste (modern French reconquête).
From Middle English reconquesten, equivalent to re- + conquest (verb), after either Latin reconquestō or Middle French reconquester.
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