discomfit
discomfit is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
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- 1.To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk Well, go with me and be not so discomfited. Shak.
- 2.Discomfited; overthrown. [Obs.]
- 3.Rout; overthrow; discomfiture. Such as discomfort as shall quite despoil him. Milton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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