All 5 Uses of
vanquish
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- The blow had struck home, and Danglars was entirely vanquished; with a trembling hand he took the two letters from the count, who held them carelessly between finger and thumb, and proceeded to scrutinize the signatures, with a minuteness that the count might have regarded as insulting, had it not suited his present purpose to mislead the banker.†
Chpt 45-46vanquished = completely defeated
- "Or kill yourself!" said Eugenie (in a tone which a Vestal in the amphitheatre would have used, when urging the victorious gladiator to finish his vanquished adversary).†
Chpt 97-98
- Curiosity had vanquished the desire of preserving his incognito, and he was recognized.†
Chpt 105-106 *
- The solitary light burning at the Catalans; that first sight of the Chateau d'If, which told him whither they were leading him; the struggle with the gendarmes when he wished to throw himself overboard; his despair when he found himself vanquished, and the sensation when the muzzle of the carbine touched his forehead—all these were brought before him in vivid and frightful reality.†
Chpt 113-114
- Happily, I vanquished death.†
Chpt 117
Definition:
to defeat completely