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discomfiter

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dis⋅com⋅fit

  [dis-kuhm-fit]
Use discomfiter in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to confuse and deject; disconcert: to be discomfited by a question.
2. to frustrate the plans of; thwart; foil.
3. Archaic. to defeat utterly; rout: The army was discomfited in every battle.
–noun
4. Archaic. rout; defeat.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME < AF descunfit, OF desconfit, ptp. of desconfire, equiv. to des- dis- 1 + confire to make, accomplish < L conficere; see confect

Related forms:
dis⋅com⋅fit⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. discompose, embarrass, disturb.
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Word Origin & History

discomfit 
c.1225, from O.Fr. desconfit, pp. of desconfire "to defeat, destroy," from des- "not" + confire "make, prepare, accomplish." Weaker sense of "disconcert" is first recorded 1530 in Eng., probably by confusion with discomfort (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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