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Checkmate :: Checkmate (v. t.) To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape.

Inglorious :: Inglorious (a.) Shameful; disgraceful; ignominious; as, inglorious flight, defeat, etc..

Defeating :: Defeating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defea.

Opposition :: Opposition (n.) The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance..

Foil :: Foil (v. t.) To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat.

Chappion :: Chappion (n.) One who by defeating all rivals, has obtained an acknowledged supremacy in any branch of athetics or game of skill, and is ready to contend with any rival; as, the champion of England..

Discomfiture :: Discomfiture (v. t.) The act of discomfiting, or the state of being discomfited; rout; overthrow; defeat; frustration; confusion and dejection..

Baffle :: Baffle (n.) A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture..

Rout :: Rout (n.) The state of being disorganized and thrown into confusion; -- said especially of an army defeated, broken in pieces, and put to flight in disorder or panic; also, the act of defeating and breaking up an army; as, the rout of the enemy was complete..

Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment..

Defeat :: Defeat (v. t.) To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault..

Profligation :: Profligation (n.) Defeat; rout; overthrow.

Defeated :: Defeated (imp. & p. p.) of Defea.

Weapon :: Weapon (n.) An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring an enemy, as a gun, a sword, etc..

Falsify :: Falsify (a.) To avoid or defeat; to prove false, as a judgment..

Meet :: Meet (v. t.) To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated them; the ship met opposing winds and currents..

Peremption :: Peremption (n.) A quashing; a defeating.

Checkmate :: Checkmate (n.) A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.

Worse :: Worse (n.) Loss; disadvantage; defeat.

Defeasance :: Defeasance (n.) A condition, relating to a deed, which being performed, the deed is defeated or rendered void; or a collateral deed, made at the same time with a feoffment, or other conveyance, containing conditions, on the performance of which the estate then created may be defeated..

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