conquesting,vbl.n.[f.prec.vb.+ -ing1.]†1.Acquisition by force of arms; conquering.1555EdenDecadesPref.(Arb.) 52He euen then..sente furth shyppes for the conquestynge of the Indies.
Ibid.373The conquestynge of fortie or fyftie myles here and there.
2.Acquisition otherwise than by inheritance. Sc.1823GaltEntail I. xviii. 147The property is my own conquesting..I may make a kirk and a mill o't an I like.
