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(1):

(v.) Frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; as, the defeat of a plan or design.

(2):

(v.) An undoing or annulling; destruction.

(3):

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

(4):

(v. t.) To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow.

(5):

(v. t.) To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault.

(6):

(v.) An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; - opposed to victory.

(7):

(v. t.) To undo; to disfigure; to destroy.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Defeat'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/defeat.html. 1828.
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