defeat

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

from Old French desfait, desfairé (to ruin) from Latin des + facere (to unmake).

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to defeat

Third person singular
defeats

Simple past
defeated

Past participle
defeated

Present participle
defeating

to defeat (third-person singular simple present defeats, present participle defeating, simple past and past participle defeated)

  1. (transitive) To overcome in battle or contest
  2. (transitive) To destroy, ruin, undo, lay waste to

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to overcome in battle or contest
to destroy
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[edit] Noun

Singular
defeat

Plural
defeats

defeat (plural defeats)

  1. The act of defeating or being defeated

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the act of defeating or being defeated
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