n. [ Cf. F. défaite, fr. défaire. See Defeat, v. ]
Upon whose property and most dear life
A damned defeat was made. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
His unkindness may defeat my life. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being that can defeat all his designs, and disappoint all his hopes. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]
The escheators . . . defeated the right heir of his succession. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]
In one instance he defeated his own purpose. A. W. Ward. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sharp reasons to defeat the law. Shak.
n. acceptance of the inevitability of defeat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. [ OF. desfaiture a killing, disguising, prop., an undoing. See Defeat, and cf. Disfeature. ]
p. p. Changed in features; deformed. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Features when defeatured in the . . . way I have described. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]