( v. t. )
To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape.
( v. t. )
To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012