3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defeat \De*feat"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defeated}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Defeating}.] [From F. d['e]fait, OF. desfait, p. p. ofe
d['e]faire, 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. --Shak.
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. --Tillotson.
The escheators . . . defeated the right heir of his
succession. --Hallam.
In one instance he defeated his own purpose. --A. W.
Ward.
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. --Shak.
Syn: To baffle; disappoint; frustrate.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
defeated
adj 1: beaten or overcome; not victorious; "the defeated enemy"
[ant: {undefeated}]
2: disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and
thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture
Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking
teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted" [syn: {disappointed},
{discomfited}, {foiled}, {frustrated}, {thwarted}]
n : people who are defeated; "the Romans had no pity for the
defeated" [syn: {discomfited}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Defeated, TN
Zip code(s): 37030