[f. as prec.] The action of overcoming or subduing.
a. 1325. MS. Rawl. B., 520, fol. 56. Þe coniunccion ne uailleþ noȝt, so ase þe seisede mai repelen, ne þe venquissinge ne uaileþ noȝt bote ȝif hit were aioined þoru riȝt.
c. 1475. Rauf Coilȝear, 825. For dout of vincussing they went nocht away.
1489. Barbour’s Bruce, XVIII. 206 (E.). Quhen thai of Scotland had wittering Off Schir Eduuardis wencussing.
1611. Cotgr., Victoire, victorie, conquest, a subduing, or vanquishing.
1736. Ainsworth, I. Debellatio, a vanquishing, or overthrow.
