![]() ![]() to render incapable or powerless by laughter, sorrow, exhaustion, etc. (Both of these essentially meaning to win with the other guy losing, no win-win situations allowed.)2. To begin with, the common denominator, to overcome, has four possible definitions. The first thing that strikes me is that the definition for to vanquish includes both to defeat and to overcome,’ whereas the definition for to defeat only contains ‘to overcome.’ Where could this lead? To render incapable or powerless by laughter, sorrow, exhaustion, etc. Since both include “to overcome” as the primary definition, I looked that up, too. To defeat or overcome in a battle, contest, etc.ĭefeat (from old French, to undo or ruin) What could the distinction between defeat and vanquish mean? With this in mind I pulled out my trusty dictionary and looked up both “vanquish” and “defeat” in the Collins Concise Dictionary, 2000 edition. Thirdly, I recalled the oft repeated maxim that JKR chooses her words very carefully. This was also brought to my attention by an editorial here on MuggleNet, The Long Reach of Dumbledore, that among other things, suggested tongue-in-cheek that Peeves was a transfigured/transformed Grindelwald, accounting for why Dumbledore kept him around. 77, bold mine)ĭumbledore defeated Grindelwald. ![]() Professor Dumbledore enjoys chamber music and tenpin bowling. (PS/SS, Australasian edition, pg. Considered by many the greatest wizard of modern times, Dumbledore is particularly famous for his defeat of the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, for the discovery of the twelve uses of dragons blood and his work on alchemy with his partner Nicolas Flamel. *Memory refresher #2 – Dumbledores Chocolate Frog Card.Īlbus Dumbledore, currently Headmaster of Hogwarts. Secondly, on re-reading Philosopher’s Stone, I took note of the wording of Dumbledores Chocolate Frog Card. The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies (OotP, Australasian edition, pg. *Memory refresher #1 – Trelawney’s prophecy. Firstly, on reading a fanfic (I can’t remember which, apologies to the author) where upon hearing Trelawney’s first prophecy from Harry, Hermione’s first reaction is to head for the Library (no surprise there) to check the possible meanings of “vanquish.” ![]() Three things have stuck in my mind over the last couple of months. ![]()
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