Definition of defeat

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Defeat (v. t.) To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate..

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Disappointed :: Disappointed (a.) Defeated of expectation or hope; balked; as, a disappointed person or hope..
Prevarication :: Prevarication (n.) A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
Expose :: Expose (v. t.) To lay bare; to lay open to attack, danger, or anything objectionable; to render accessible to anything which may affect, especially detrimentally; to make liable; as, to expose one's self to the heat of the sun, or to cold, insult, danger, or ridicule; to expose an army to destruction or defeat..
Fling :: Fling (v. t.) To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate; hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in litigation..
Countermine :: Countermine (n.) A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project is defeated.
Overthrow :: Overthrow (v. t.) To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy.
Defeatured :: Defeatured (p. p.) Changed in features; deformed.
Defeating :: Defeating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defea.
Checkmate :: Checkmate (n.) A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.
Rebuff :: Rebuff (n.) Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation.
Confusion :: Confusion (n.) Overthrow; defeat; ruin.
Peremption :: Peremption (n.) A quashing; a defeating.
Outvote :: Outvote (v. t.) To exceed in the number of votes given; to defeat by votes.
Perempt :: Perempt (v. t.) To destroy; to defeat.
Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages..
Thwart :: Thwart (v. t.) To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat..
Defeat :: Defeat (v.) Frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; as, the defeat of a plan or design..
Defeat :: Defeat (v. t.) To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow..
Indefeasible :: Indefeasible (a.) Not to be defeated; not defeasible; incapable of being annulled or made void; as, an indefeasible or title..
Checkmate :: Checkmate (v. t.) To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.
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