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de⋅feat

  [di-feet]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to overcome in a contest, election, battle, etc.; prevail over; vanquish: They defeated the enemy. She defeated her brother at tennis.
2. to frustrate; thwart.
3. to eliminate or deprive of something expected: The early returns defeated his hopes of election.
4. Law. to annul.
–noun
5. the act of overcoming in a contest: an overwhelming defeat of all opposition.
6. an instance of defeat; setback: He considered his defeat a personal affront.
7. an overthrow or overturning; vanquishment: the defeat of a government.
8. a bringing to naught; frustration: the defeat of all his hopes and dreams.
9. the act or event of being bested; losing: Defeat is not something she abides easily.
10. Archaic. undoing; destruction; ruin.
Origin:
1325–75; ME defeten (v.) < AF, OF desfait, ptp. of desfaire to undo, destroy < ML disfacere, equiv. to L dis- dis- 1 + facere to do

Related forms:
de⋅feat⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. overwhelm, overthrow, rout, check. Defeat, conquer, overcome, subdue imply gaining a victory or control over an opponent. Defeat suggests beating or frustrating: to defeat an enemy in battle. Conquer implies finally gaining control over, usually after a series of efforts or against systematic resistance: to conquer a country, one's inclinations. Overcome emphasizes surmounting difficulties in prevailing over an antagonist: to overcome opposition, bad habits. Subdue means to conquer so completely that resistance is broken: to subdue a rebellious spirit. 2. foil, baffle, balk. 7. downfall.
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Word Origin & History

defeat 
c.1374, from Anglo-Norm. defeter, from O.Fr. defait, pp. of defaire, from V.L. *diffacere "undo, destroy," from L. dis- "un-, not" + facere "to do, perform" (see factitious). Original sense was of "bring ruination, cause destruction." Military sense of "conquer" is c.1600. Defeatism, defeatist are 1918, from Fr. défaitiste, in reference to the Russians.

undefeated 
1775, from un- (1) "not" + pp. of defeat (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: de·feat
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Anglo-French defait, past participle of defaire to undo, defeat, from Old French deffaire desfaire, from de-, prefix marking reversal of action + faire to do
1 a : to render null defeat an attached but “unperfected” security interest —J. J. White and Railroad S. Summers> b : to prevent or undo the effectiveness or establishment of <defeat jurisdiction> defeated intoxication defense —National Law Journal>
2 a : to prevail over b : to thwart the claim of <defeat creditors> defeat the surviving spouse of his…elective share —Tennessee Code Annotated> —defeat noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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