defeat

[De*featĀ·]

Defeat is the opposite of victory. When you lose, you suffer defeat. When you win, you defeat your enemy.

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To undo; to disfigure; to destroy.

Noun
an unsuccessful ending

Noun
the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

Verb
win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "She conquered here fear of mice"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"

Verb
thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student''s proposal"


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

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

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

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

v.
An undoing or annulling; destruction.

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

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


Defeat

De*feat" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defeated; p. pr. & vb. n. Defeating.] [From F. d'82fait, OF. desfait, p. p. ofe d'82faire, OF. desfaire, to undo; L. dis- + facere to do. See Feat, Fact, and cf. Disfashion.] 1. To undo; to disfigure; to destroy. [Obs.]
His unkindness may defeat my life.
2. To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate.
He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being that can defeat all his designs, and disappoint all his hopes.
The escheators . . . defeated the right heir of his succession.
In one instance he defeated his own purpose.
3. To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow. 4. To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault.
Sharp reasons to defeat the law.
Syn. -- To baffle; disappoint; frustrate.

Defeat

De*feat", n. [Cf. F. d'82faite, fr. d'82faire. See Defeat, v.] 1. An undoing or annulling; destruction. [Obs.]
Upon whose property and most dear life A damned defeat was made.
2. Frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; as, the defeat of a plan or design. 3. An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; -- opposed to victory.

To undo; to disfigure; to destroy.

An undoing or annulling; destruction.

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Usage Examples

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.

Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.

Defeat the fear of death and you welcome the death of fear.

Enough of this occupation, terror and abuse. We are not in need of your help. We are able to combat and defeat terrorism, and achieve unity. We are not in need of your bases, your experience and etc.

Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.

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Other Usage Examples

After the desperate years of their own war, after six years of repression inside Spain and six years of horror in exile, these people remain intact in spirit. They are armed with a transcendent faith they have never won, and yet they have never accepted defeat.

A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.

As soon as you concern yourself with the 'good' and 'bad' of your fellows, you create an opening in your heart for maliciousness to enter. Testing, competing with, and criticizing others weaken and defeat you.

But you say, does it represent change? The change is that we are fighting an insurance industry that has killed health reform for generations. They're spending tens of millions of dollars right now to defeat this bill, and we're on the doorstep of winning a great victory for the American people.

At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That's the only way to defeat terrorism.

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.

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