DEFEAT

v an undoing or annulling; destruction.

2. defeat ·vt to resist with success; as, to defeat an assault.

3. defeat ·vt to undo; to disfigure; to destroy.

4. defeat ·v frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; as, the defeat of a plan or design.

5. defeat ·v an overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture;

— opposed to victory.

6. defeat ·vt to render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate.

7. defeat ·vt to overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow.