DEFEAT


Meaning of DEFEAT in English

v. & n.

--v.tr.

1. overcome in a battle or other contest.

2 frustrate, baffle.

3 reject (a motion etc.) by voting.

4 Law annul.

--n. the act or process of defeating or being defeated.

Etymology: ME f. OF deffait, desfait past part. of desfaire f. med.L disfacere (as DIS-, L facere do)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.