·v An undoing or annulling; destruction.
II. Defeat ·vt To resist with success; as, to defeat an
Assault.
IV. Defeat ·v Frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; as, the defeat of a plan or design.
V. Defeat ·v An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture;
- opposed to victory.
VI. Defeat ·vt To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an
Estate.
VII. Defeat ·vt To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to
Overthrow.