Defeat

Definition of Defeat

De`feat´

v. t.	1.	To undo; to disfigure; to destroy. [imp. & p. p. Defeated; p. pr. & vb. n. Defeating.] His unkindness may defeat my life. - Shak.
	2.	To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate. He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being that can defeat all his designs, and disappoint all his hopes. - Tillotson. The escheators . . . defeated the right heir of his succession. - Hallam. In one instance he defeated his own purpose. - A. W. Ward.
	3.	To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow.
	4.	To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault. Sharp reasons to defeat the law. - Shak.
n.	1.	An undoing or annulling; destruction. Upon whose property and most dear life A damned defeat was made. - Shak.
	2.	Frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; as, the defeat of a plan or design.
	3.	An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; - opposed to victory.

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